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Kaluhi Kaʻapana

ITE 326

Maya Portner

13 November 2019

Arts Advocacy Reflection

I have to admit that I was surprised at the impact of my presentation. My mentor does not

really integrate art in the class, usually when she integrates art into our literature, it doesn’t go

farther than, “draw what is happening in the story.” It usually feels a little rushed and there is not

much more done with it. In my presentation, I only really talked about visual arts in one area

(slide 7). In this part, I mentioned how details like lines and color adds to a deeper understanding

of the story. My mentor told me, afterwards, that she feels like she can do more with her visual

arts integration in reading moʻolelo (stories) with the students. Many times, we struggle with

getting the students to the deeper level of analyzing the hidden meaning in stories, songs, and

chants. She said that she would like to look more into visual arts and how to use artistic aspects

to look at kaona (hidden meaning/dual meaning). My mentor told me that my activity of drawing

the meaning of “Kaulana Nā Pua,” a famous song, really added to her understanding of my

presentation.

Much of my presentation was focused on incorporating performing arts into literature and

embodying the people and deities of our Hawaiian historical stories and folklore. My mentor

often sees me incorporating arts in this way. She commented on how this embodiment of the

characters in the story really cause the students to think about what is going on in the story. My

hope for this presentation was to get the audience to think deeper about the way they integrate

arts into their class. My hope was for these teachers to be more intentional about their arts
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integration in literature. I think that I definitely got these teachers thinking about how they are

integrating arts and the potential that it could have. Overall, I think my arts advocacy

presentation did shed light on the idea of integrating art with intention.

__x_Title Page (including name and date of the presentation)

__x_Audience is indicated, and the focus of the presentation is clear

_x__Brief experience is included to engage the audience

__x_ Background information or research in art education is provided

__x_ Audio and/or visuals are are included in the presentation.

__x_Open-ended questions (many possible answers are correct) or references to high-level

critical thinking are part of the presentation.

__x_Relevance to literacy skills and elementary curriculum is included.

_x__Reference list is provided

__x_Reflected on the experience of presenting and the reactions of the audience

__x_Included the name of the peer you practiced with here: Michiko Detwiler

__x_Posted in Laulima in Assignments with completed rubric.