Early Financial Literacy for Kids

SIR JASON'S PRESENTATION

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THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

Selin Hara, UK

Art is a meaningful journey that enables the ideas that come to life in our imagination to meet the real world. While the journey of some of us starts from the world of drawings and colors, the journey of some of us is guided by the symphony of words.

Dance, drama, music and visual arts in the school curriculum enable children to develop selfconfidence and self-understanding, problem-solving skills, perseverance and discipline, focus and concentration, creativity, self-learning, collaboration and many more .

Another valuable aspect of the arts in education is is that young people discover the power of their own expressive potential, which is vital to our psychological well-being and happiness. Another aspect of art' s educational value is its power to develop our inner senses for the unfolding of human potential. Sound, color, texture, etc. Although it plays with our physical senses and can be perceived as very pleasant stimuli, beauty and meaning (for me theatre is more about meaning than beauty) are perceived not by our physical senses, but by our inner senses. It is clear that in order to perceive something, we need to develop organs of perception. We need to develop eyes to be able to see, we need to develop ears to be able to catch sound waves. Without our nose, smells and smells would not be for us.

However, seeing and hearing alone is not enough for us to perceive beauty. Anyone with healthy ears can hear a piece of music, but not every person can resonate with its beauty. The difference lies not in the physical sense, but in the internal sense. To be able to appreciate the beauty of music, dance or poetry, or the deep meaning of a game, we need to develop our inner senses. Probably, we all have some experience of how our inner senses grow and develop over time. Exposure to the arts and the possibility of practicing an art should be part of every good education.. Without the proper education, the beauty and meaning of the greatest works of art would probably not exist, just as there is no color to a blind person. Great art needs an education to be appreciated. An education that includes only the arts will ensure that the greatest works of art continue to be sources of strength and inspiration for future generations.

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In the early 20th century, The Waldorf Education was established by Rudolf Steiner stating, “Waldorf Education is not a pedagogical system but an art – the art of awakening what is actually there within the human being.

We probably all have an experience of how our inner senses have grown and developed over time. A piece of music that did not touch us when we were younger has now become very beautiful. A book we read some time ago and which was maybe not particularly interesting then, is suddenly full of meaning and we can hardly believe that we have read that book before. What has changed? Not the notes of the music or the words of the text, but our inner ability to perceive their beauty and meaning. It seems that while our physical ability to see and hear diminishes naturally with age, our inner senses grow over time, and we are able to see more with our heart and the eyes of our mind.

The characterization of the performances in the west end musical 'Matilda', which I saw as a young child, drew me into the world of theatre. Seeing the director's vision, in which a famous literary work is brought to life through music and drama, fascinated me as it is a book that I love so much. From literature to screen and stage, especially being able to see these characters in three forms has inspired the development of my inner potentials and my future planning with the support of my education. My biggest goal in the future will be to contribute to the visibility of problems for a better world by combining my soprano voice and acting performance.

British Ambassador of the AFI Organization