Faith in Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship and the Quest for Beauty
Outline of the iBacc Craftsmanship Programme
Holistic Values
Cultural Development as the Quest for Beauty
Distinctive Ethics
Cultivating an Ethic of Excellence
Personal Imperative
Create Beautifully
Deep Culture
Access to the Artistic Culture of the West and the Islamic world
Enhanced British Values
Valuing Creativity & Enterprise
Pedagogy
Integrative craftsmanship Learning habits applied to every subject
Recreation
the creative aspects of learning
Leisure; Inspiring: Creating; Presenting
Leisure: you explore the world through play, enjoying leisurely pursuits, & learn traditional arts for pleasure
Inspiring: you are inspired by beauty & inspire others to make beautiful things & places
Creating: you produce many ideas fluently, find a variety of solutions flexibly, come up with original thoughts, and elaborate by building on existing ideas
Presenting: you take pride in the quality of finished work; make things that are useful and beautiful, and you seek to perform with excellence.
Resilience
the emotional aspects of learning
Absorption; Managing Distractions; Noticing; Perseverance
Absorption: you become engrossed in what you are doing; you are unaware of time passing because you are so interested
Managing Distraction: you know what distracts you, you try to minimise distractions, you settle back quickly after an interruption.
Noticing: you notice how things look, what they are made of, or how they behave, you can identify significant detail.
Perseverance: you are not put off by being stuck, you keep on going despite difficulties and find ways to overcome them, you recognise that learning can be a struggle.
Curriculum
A curriculum in Islamic arts and crafts inspired by The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts London or its other World Centres
