TEACHER and LIFE-LONG LEARNER
Jessica Pia
As a life-long learner, I have many interests that enrich my understanding of myself, of others, and of the world. Here are just a few of my passions that can be incorporated into my emerging teaching philosophy and teaching practices.
TRAVEL & PHOTOGRAPHY:
To discover, explore, challenge, wonder, listen and connect....places, people, sights, sounds, tastes, ideas and cultures...to change the world and be changed in turn...to be globally-minded...to be humbled by the diversity & vastness of it all, and be thankful to be a part of it.
Kobe,
JPN
Hiroshima,
JPN
Miyajima Island,
JPN
Osaka,
JPN
The Great
Wall of China
at Mutiyanu,
PRC
The Ming Tombs & The Forbidden City,
Beijing
PRC
798 Art District,
Beijing
PRC
Shipwreck Coast, Victoria
AU
Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
AU
Negril,
JA
Ochos Rios,
JA
Montego Bay,
JA
Other Travels
Seoul & Jeju Island, ROK
New York, USA
Niagara Falls, CAN
Toronto, CAN
Las Vegas, USA
Victoria Island, CAN
COOK:
To experiment, learn, craft, nourish, remember, awaken, surprise, delight, inspire, hone, and share...to give thanks, pay homage, make mistakes, practice humilty, encourage others and respect simplicity
(Left) Fresh udon noodles, yakitori chicken skewers, and okonomiyaki-on-a-stick. This was one of the highlights of my trip to Japan during the summer of 2015: taking an Osaka street food cooking class!
(Left). Sunday morning staple: Vanilla-orange french toast with caramom whipped cream, fresh raspberries, and chocolate drizzle. (Right) Filipino vegetable crepes, also known as "Lumpiang Sariwa": crepes filled with cooked green beans, diced sweet potato, shredded cabbage, julienned carrots, diced tofu, and minced pork, finished with a leaf of romaine lettuce tucked inside, then covered in a sweet and savoury peanut sauce. Definitely one of my favourite Filipino dishes to cook!
(Left) Shaved Brussels sprouts, walnut, prosciutto, and parmesean winter pasta. (Right) Fresh rye bread with feta and honey compound butter.
(Left) Cherry and blueberry crumble
(Right) An assortment of fresh maki sushi rolls.
CREATE:
To express, experience, aspire, inspire, participate, appreciate, imagine, craft, remix and represent...to be studious, infinitely curious...to try...to see possibilities...to befriend ambiguity and yet search for meaning...to be human.
Pia, Jessica. "Alberta grain elevator." (2014) [Watercolour and pencil on canvas]. Completed in Alberta, Canada: Leighton Arts Center
This is a piece that I completed at the end of October, 2014. As student teachers, we were invited by our host school to participate in their professional development day at the Leighton Arts Centre here in Alberta. Integrating the arts into all spheres of learning is a major intiative for the school—in fact, it is embedded within the school mission statement. Their PD day took the form of an art class. We learned about and practiced technical skills such as using perspective, horizon lines, balance, hatching and vanishing points. Afterwards, we we able to practice different techniques with watercolour paints. My favourite was to splatter and drip colours on to the canvas and then tilt it with my hands to get the colours to run into each other.