Dallendyshe Metalia
(Qamil Metalia School – Headmistress)
Born in Albania in 1979, Dallendyshe Metalia showed an early affinity for foreign languages and aspired to become a teacher, viewing teaching as an art rather than merely a job. Achieving this dream required significant sacrifice.
Dallendyshe earned her degree as an Albanian language teacher from Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkoder in 2011. By 2016, she had obtained a bachelor’s degree in foreign languages from the University of Foreign Languages. In 2021, she completed her Master’s degree in English teaching at Aleksander Moisiu University in Durres, aiming to inspire generations to value their educational paths.
A leader and fervent advocate for women’s rights, Dallendyshe has been at the helm of Qamil Metalia School for a decade, where she has been merging art with science and technology. Her passion encompasses all forms of art, and she is an active supporter of art projects at her school. She holds a special affection for drawing, painting, and particularly crafts. “Theodore Dreiser once said, ‘Art is the stored honey of the human soul.'”
Presentation: The Importance of Integrating Art in Schools
Presented together with Elva Tobli and Mentor Kovaci
Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more personal than that: it is about sharing the way we experience the world, which for many is an extension of personality.
Arts experiences boost critical thinking, teaching students to take the time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world. Art education connects students with their own culture as well as with the wider world.
Why is it important?
- Art in school provides a structured environment that keeps the students motivated and helps them learn and improve their skills effectively.
- It cultivates critical thinking, problem solving and creative expressions
- Art instruction helps students with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking and inventiveness.
- Visual arts teach learners about colors, layout, perspectives and balance: all techniques that are necessary in presentations (visual, digital) of academic work.
- Integrating art with other disciplines reaches students who might not otherwise be engaged in classroom
- Through art we promote our country’s heritages (music, costumes, food, cultural sites, traditions, language and symbols) and make students feel proud of where they come from. By this way they can preserve and promote them.
- Art promotes creativity by allowing students to explore and express their unique ideas
To sum up, art does matter in the school delivering a wide range of advantages for students. Teachers can make the most of that potential by equipping themselves to offer creative practice as a central feature in the curriculum and show decision-makers how these initiatives can achieve transformative results. They ought to be prepared to work in a variety of learning environments, incorporate digital tools into their pedagogy and foster critical thinking and making art becomes the approach to teaching and the vehicle for learning.
“The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” (Aristotle)
Facebook: “Qamil Metalia” School
Dallendyshe Metalia – Head mistress -“Qamil Metalia” School, Has, Albania. dallendyshe.metalia@hotmail.com
Elva Tobli – English teacher – “Qamil Metalia” School, Has, Albania, Fatlumtobli7@gmail.com
Mentor Kovaci – Science teacher – “Qamil Metalia” School, Has, Albania, mentorkovaci@hotmail.co.uk