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    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts
    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts
    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts
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    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts

    By Nefeli Soteriou

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    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts, is a comprehensive mindfulness in education textbook. Blending coaching for motivation and encouragement and featuring concrete examples from diverse educational environments in New York City, the textbook harnesses attention to the agenda of awareness. The case studies draw from public, charter and private
    schools, civic and senior centres, public libraries and higher education institutions where the author taught. With adaptive thinking strategies, creatives are equipped to solve work challenges with confidence. They learn tips on how to improve interpersonal communication and effective collaboration strategies at work. Non-tech-savvy professionals benefit from
    easy-to-follow lessons in digital media art, and in particular, the fields of photography, film and design.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNefeli Soteriou
    Release dateJun 17, 2015
    ISBN9781310771972
    Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts
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    Nefeli Soteriou

    Committed to the arts at a very young age, Nefeli played the mandolin and earned degrees in photography and film and media arts. Nefeli produces films that celebrate the human condition and has worked in the film industry, as a freelance designer, videographer and a photographer. Over the last 21 years teaches and designs curriculum in visual art for all ages (5-89 years old). Nefeli has won professional commercial awards for her video and photography work. Now a certified creativity coach, she helps her clients move to the totality of possibilities in life, creativity and well being, and presents her own engaging and transformative expressive art workshops for relaxation in New York City. Nefeli has developed programs and courses of study for those seeking to achieve well-being and dive deeper into personal transformation, as well as for arts professionals desiring training and supervision.Skillset: Independent Filmmaker, Workshop Leader, Digital Technology Consultant, Filmmaking Production Adjunct Professor, Interpersonal Communication Adjunct Professor, Visual Art Educator, Mediation & Conflict Resolution, Teacher training in Autism spectrum, Asperger disorder and ADD, Healthy Culinary Educator, Greek language instructor for English speakers, Gluten-free Diet, Essential Oils, Herbs, Certified Reiki, Mindfulness Meditation, Yoga Practitioner, Gluten-free diet, Essential oils, Herbs, Certified Reiki, Mindfulness meditation, Yoga practitioner, Card Readings.Creativity Coach, Creativity Coaching Association, 2016M.F.A -Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2006B.F.A -Photography, Athens University of Applied Sciences, Athens, Greece, 1997Connect with Nefeli Soteriouhttps://www.nefelisoteriou.com

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      Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts - Nefeli Soteriou

      Mindfulness Education for the Creative Arts

      Valuable Enrichment Lessons in Visual Arts and Filmmaking

      Nefeli Soteriou

      Published by Nefeli Soteriou at Smashwords

      Copyright registration number: TXu 1-968-239

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold

      or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person,

      please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and

      did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your

      favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard

      work of this author.

      Copyright 2018 Nefeli Soteriou

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – Your development as a teacher

      Chapter 2 – Collaboration and co-teaching

      Chapter 3 – Classroom management made easy

      Chapter 4 – Enrichment activities for film, photography, arts, claymation

      Chapter 5 – Icebreakers and warm ups

      Chapter 6 – Inspiring teachers ask & accept others’ help

      Chapter 7 – Mindfulness in education

      About Nefeli Soteriou

      Connect with Nefeli Soteriou

      Introduction

      A child can be helped to learn early on about their talents and abilities. The use of play activities combined with art helps integrate body, heart, and mind in intuitive ways and supports children during their developmental process. As children’s creativity coach with visual art, I help motivate them to find their skills and build on them. Most importantly, children have fun while they learn the creative process and complete projects from start to finish.

      Children need only a touch of unconditional support and acceptance to blossom. I believe each pupil is unique, and that learning becomes more effective when students enjoy what they are doing. My focus is to instill critical thinking skills to the children I work with, through hands-on enrichment activities that are easy structurally. Most of my inspiration in writing my curriculum derives from combining my early training in Art and Design in Limassol, Cyprus where I grew up, with my undergraduate education in Photography in Athens, Greece, and post-graduate education in Film and Media Arts, in the United States.

      This book is a tailored guide for children’s mentors and first-time teachers. Through my journey as an educator for people from all walks of life over the last thirteen years, I felt how important it was to speak to children with kindness. I am hoping to encourage first- time educators to acknowledge the invaluable service they provide to children, and how their own responsible choices in becoming self-conscious educators can impact children’s lives and affect society. Through the self-reflective exercises I designed, educators can tailor their teaching to suit students’ needs and optimize their well-being long-term.

      In my early career path as an educator, I taught lessons in Film and Media Arts. When I moved to New York City, I chose to work with children. My first assignments were in afterschool environments for public education and municipal education centers. More specifically, I was assigned to design curriculum for the subjects of digital filmmaking and photography. As I mentioned however, with my rich art and design background, I felt I could offer much more lesson variety for students’ benefit. Whenever the opportunity arose, I enhanced my curriculum by incorporating traditional art techniques in my lessons. I taught painting and drawing to children. I facilitated art and crafts activities thanks to the plethora of material I discovered in a large-size art closet. For those opportunities to expand my teaching services, I am grateful to educational program directors who were open and truly valued the play-with-art technique for children’s development.

      I design enrichment activities that support talent development and enhance children’s sense of identity. Within the different teaching assignments I take each year in the city of New York, I seek to promote an atmosphere of exploratory creativity, in which all student work is nurtured, appreciated and valued.

      In my approach in the classroom, I observe students’ existing strengths initially and facilitate ways to build on them. As I believe that children are unique, I encourage them to find their own personal style and use the medium of visual art for self-expression. Most of my lessons that I design for elementary schools and kindergarten have their primary focus on igniting student curiosity about their surrounding environment and themselves. In providing feedback to students, when their art projects are complete, I celebrate the individual meaning each one of them brings forth.

      As a filmmaker, I had the opportunity to document an educational program for at risk youth during the time I lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Educators from local charter schools and the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with United Way and the Scattergood Foundation, facilitated youth learning in Horticulture. For about nine weeks I accompanied the students and their teachers and documented their work with my video camera. The students’ responsibility was to revitalize an almost forgotten garden at the grounds of the Friends hospital. The site was covered with weeds that were more than two feet overgrown. At eight o’clock every morning, students had a horticulture lesson. I sat next to them in the classroom and filmed their interactions with their teacher. I followed along when they picked up gardening tools from the storage room and walked to the water fountain with the students during their breaks. Behind my camera lens, I witnessed their excitement as they discovered various insects while they worked on the site. I could not help but appreciate what I saw documenting these efforts. Part of it was their educators’ tireless support, to not only teach applied horticulture, but also successfully mentor and encourage the students. A great deal was the three educators’ calm demeanor, even when students misbehaved.

      By the end of the nine weeks, the site looked as if a team of professional landscapers had stopped by. Hidden pathways had now emerged. Fresh shrubs and flowers were strategically planted and beautified the site. The new environment was eye-catching and an aesthetically pleasing experience for all of us.

      I had the opportunity to interview the students one-on-one. It was part of my media assignment to document their personal experiences as the program was concluding. As you may already know, the medium of video is quite transparent. The pride those students felt for their accomplishments was quite evident. One even expressed that horticulture would become his choice of vocation.

      I left the grounds of Friends hospital in Philadelphia inspired by the kindness of the three educators and their attentive presence to the needs of the students. I also felt hope and that the group now had a better chance in life. Children need mentors, supporters, and role models. They need adult supervision with patience and understanding. Children need an accepting environment that takes them as they are, with good boundaries in place so that they follow rules in a structure that promotes mutual respect. The impact of the service that educators bring to the table is unparalleled. It is that powerful, to shape and change pupils lives.

      In one of my early teaching assignments in New York City I worked at a community

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