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How to Use ECODIALOGO
In each element (Earth, Air, Fire and Water) we find ten thematic aspects.
For each we propose a pictorial work. The proposed works are "texts"
for contemplation and dialogue, with the aim of fostering reflection
and comprehension.
The explanations accompanying each image are for the teacher, and it
is up to the latter to decide how and at which point in the dialogue
to introduce a certain explanation and activity. The goal is not to offer
master explanations and pose questions so that the students learn the
answers, but rather to facilitate dialogue and investigation so that
the group might progress in the comprehension and clarification of the
questions posed by the group.
Below we offer a few general questions as an aid to exploring each painting
and promoting dialogue among the students regarding the various works.
Based upon the questions and comments that emerge, the teacher should
encourage students to discuss their points of view, to remain open to
correction when faced with evidence or explanations better than their
own and, finally, to build a community of inquiry.
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basic questions to start with |
Thinking skills |
1.
What do you see?
(describe colours, shapes, figures, layout of the
shapes, atmosphere...)
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Observe, describe |
2.
What does what you see suggest to you?
What could be there, though we do not see it?
(Smells, sounds, temperature, moods,
life of the characters, place, time...)
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Infer, relate, imagine,
formulate hypotheses |
3.
What themes do you relate the painting to?
(season, a period of life, a social theme, something of value,...)
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Thematise, analyse
and synthesise |
4.
Do you have any personal experience which makes
you think of something in the painting?
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Experience, relate
with, and in the memory, exemplify |
5.
What does this painting tell us about ....?
(water, earth, oxygen, fire...)
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Infer, thematise,
relate |
6.
Is there anything that surprises you in this painting?
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Question, problematise |
7.
Does it make you ask any questions?
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Formulate questions |
8.
How can you respond to these questions?
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Find out, seek in
experience, reason, exemplify, etc.
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9.
Where could you find more information?
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Investigate |
| 10.
What title would you give this painting? |
Synthesise |
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