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Book SynopsisThe educational world is experiencing exciting yet tension-filled times. We all wish to strengthen and support creativity and creative teaching in schools. Yet recent debates about what “creativity” means, and how it should be implemented, raise the need for more specific approaches. Write a Science Opera (WASO) is one such approach. WASO is a transdisciplinary, inquiry-based approach to teaching at the intersection of art and science in schools. It is all about creative teaching and teaching for creativity. Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guidebook to Writing a Science Opera provides teachers with the reasons for, and advantages of, introducing pupils of all ages to WASO. It provides step-by-step instructions for how to implement WASO in classrooms. WASO is challenging, but the rewards are powerful: In WASO, it is the pupils’ curiosity and creative imagination which develop their science and art curriculum. Get ready for an exciting, creative journey …
Table of ContentsForeword Carl Pennypacker Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: For the Teachers PART 1: Ideas for Inquiry 1 Inquiry-Based Learning with Write a Science Opera 1 What Is Inquiry-Based Learning? 2 Why Is This Important? 3 What Attitude Will You Need as a waso Teacher? 4 Why Use Opera? 2 Write a Science Opera (WASO) 1 What Is Opera? 2 What Is Write a Science Opera? 3 The History 4 Research Results 5 How Much Time Does It Take? 6 Can All Children Join? 7 Examples of Write a Science Opera Projects 8 waso Going Viral: Global Science Opera 3 Relations to Multiple School Subjects in the Curriculum 1 Teaching School Subjects through waso 2 Teaching Creativity and Entrepreneurship through waso 3 Teaching Sustainability through waso PART 2: Let’s Go! 4 Warming Up 1 Body 2 Voice 3 Body and Voice 4 Acting Exercises 5 Concentration Exercises 6 Cooperative Exercises 5 Write a Science Opera in Thirteen to Fifteen Steps 6 Write a Science Opera in Seven to Eleven Steps 7 Assigning the Tasks 1 Directing 2 Assistant Directing 3 The Libretto 4 Acting 5 Music 6 Set Designing 7 Props 8 Costumes 9 Make-Up 10 Dance 11 Technology 12 Public Relations 13 Project Management 8 Extras to Think of when Performing 1 Safety 2 Preparations 3 Stress Less 4 Making Mistakes 5 Asking Questions 9 Evaluation 1 Frequency 2 Objective of the Evaluation 3 Other Ways of Evaluating 4 Final Evaluation Appendix 1: Ways of Making Groups Appendix 2: Role Descriptions Appendix 3: Strategic Partnership: Agents of Change (SPACE) – Pedagogical Framework
