This is an idea in art that I get excited about. I absolutely love trying new processes, mixing different medias and solving problems in art. I want the give my students the opportunity to explore these realms of art to their fullest potential. I love the idea of exploring a theme or subject matter in different media. Using different media allows students to learn how to strategically use media to create specific characteristics of the subject matter. It's important that students take note of the visual qualities that can be created with various types of media. This could be a good journaling prompt for students in their artist journals.
At a very young age, it is important that we do not give students a prompt that is too open in order to give them an opportunity to work on specific skills. We want students to have options in how they choose to craft a solution to a problem, but we also want to give them some requirements or constraints so that the options are not "endless." Asking essential questions that provoke deep thought engages the students in a more meaningful art making experience. (ex: How>what) As students gain more experience in art making becoming more familiar with materials in processes, the questions should become bigger as well. Students should have multiple options and routes for decision making.
Questioning is such an important part of the art-making process. For students to better their work, deepen their thinking, and consider the meaning they are creating, we as educators must ask the right questions and provide enough time for the students to give thoughtful answers.
An important part of engaging students in the art-making process involves creating interesting problems for them to solve. In creating problems for our students to solve the following should be considered:
1. Learners must be able to engage with the problem.
2. Good problems involve choice making.
3. A good problem sparks original thinking.
4. There should be an opportunity for elaborations (of the idea and or with the form)
5. The problem should be worth solving! We want our students to be excited about the question we prompt them with to get them brainstorming and full of inspiration.
Article: Learning: Engage and Empower
I chose to review an article of a .ed.gov site because it so largely affects what will be considered "important" in the classroom as an art teacher. I pleasantly found that they too, agree on the importance of engaging students through active problem solving and critical thinking. The tools and strategies that I have mentioned above after reading the Carroll text would be great ways to complement the standards that are mentioned in the article: creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, and critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. How relevant are these standards in the art room??! The article is talking about technology specifically, but these are all areas that could be developed in the art room, with technology or without.
At a very young age, it is important that we do not give students a prompt that is too open in order to give them an opportunity to work on specific skills. We want students to have options in how they choose to craft a solution to a problem, but we also want to give them some requirements or constraints so that the options are not "endless." Asking essential questions that provoke deep thought engages the students in a more meaningful art making experience. (ex: How>what) As students gain more experience in art making becoming more familiar with materials in processes, the questions should become bigger as well. Students should have multiple options and routes for decision making.
Questioning is such an important part of the art-making process. For students to better their work, deepen their thinking, and consider the meaning they are creating, we as educators must ask the right questions and provide enough time for the students to give thoughtful answers.
An important part of engaging students in the art-making process involves creating interesting problems for them to solve. In creating problems for our students to solve the following should be considered:
1. Learners must be able to engage with the problem.
2. Good problems involve choice making.
3. A good problem sparks original thinking.
4. There should be an opportunity for elaborations (of the idea and or with the form)
5. The problem should be worth solving! We want our students to be excited about the question we prompt them with to get them brainstorming and full of inspiration.
Article: Learning: Engage and Empower
I chose to review an article of a .ed.gov site because it so largely affects what will be considered "important" in the classroom as an art teacher. I pleasantly found that they too, agree on the importance of engaging students through active problem solving and critical thinking. The tools and strategies that I have mentioned above after reading the Carroll text would be great ways to complement the standards that are mentioned in the article: creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, and critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. How relevant are these standards in the art room??! The article is talking about technology specifically, but these are all areas that could be developed in the art room, with technology or without.
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