Albert Einstein once observed :“The greatest scientists are also artists as well.”
There is
a sound relationship
between Art and Science, and
discovery is common in both fields.
Scientists may work in laboratories and
artists may work in
their studios, but both work
systematically and creatively! It is worth recalling the observation of
Alberts (2011): In classrooms for all ages, integrating science and the visual
arts offer children the latitude to think, discover, and make connections.
Process
skills in Science include:
Observing, Inferring, Measuring,
Communicating, Classifying, Predicting,
When students learn the content in Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, technology and the arts, they are learning more than facts. They
are learning methods of communicating,
thinking mathematically, doing what scientists do, conducting social science research, creating as artists, and using
technology. Methods of learning are ‘process skills’.
Science
Process Skills can
find a place in the Language Classroom :
Observing-
Role Play, Dramatizations
Connecting- theme of
a poem to
another literary text
Problem
solving- Stories (Detective type)
Organizing
information - Report writing for a Project.
Communicating
and representing- Class presentations,
choice of style etc.
Ken Goodman describes reading as
a psycholinguistic guessing game occurring at the
intersection of the author's knowledge and the reader's knowledge. Predicting,
confirming, and comprehending which leads to
building of concepts are a continuous cycle and represents the process
of reading.
Even
writing can be seen as a process which
involve:
1.
Prewriting which includes preparing and organizing ideas
2.
Writing the draft
3.
Revising the draft
4.
Editing and proof reading
5.
Publishing
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