Teaching art is an integral part of an educational mission through which talents are discovered, inspired and nurtured. Learning art is important because art entails patience, creativity, and imagination. Art is a means of representing one’s mind and talent and children will learn appreciating one another's efforts. Students can develop skills such as team work, effective communications, problem solving and critical thinking through class activities and art projects. I believe that visual art education is an integral part of a student's complete education. I have come to believe through personal experience that art can teach students to make decisions and solve problems, and it provides a condition to grow a sense of value and accomplishment.
Art education should focus on individual expression to raise cultural and social awareness so that it can ultimately foster a positive change in the society and realize some level of justice, equality and tolerance. Through means of artistic expression, students can build their character and identity, and accelerate their developmental growth and mental capacity. Arts also help foster an individual sense of identity which in turn helps a student develop as an individual.
According to Lowenfeld, the child who uses creativity activity as an emotional outlet will gain freedom and flexibility as a result of the release of unnecessary tensions.
Art education is capable of transforming individuals and society. Art education should serve as an active agent for social change. Students should also learn how to critically analyze the societal systems and achieve critical awareness. Through critical analysis students can achieve personal understanding and growth. According to Goodman, art is a form of inquiry which discovers, creates, and enlarges knowledge.
As an art teacher, I always show my passion for the arts. I do not wish to be viewed as an art expert, or a person who knows if an artwork is good or significant. Instead, I am a skilled and enthusiastic facilitator to the students' critical thinking and a nurturer of their creativity. One of the main goals of art education is helping children to learn how to solve problems. Unlike many other subjects, in art there is more than one correct solution for each problem.
I always plan what I want my students to learn. This includes art making, art history, art criticism, or aesthetics. I also make sure that I design the instruction, define a challenge, prepare research and gather inspiration before creating a project plans so that I can use my class time efficiently. This ensures that my students get accustomed to an organized thought process. This process will further develop my students’ skill through their experiences as an artist, critic and reflective observer.
I believe performance-based assessment is very effective in evaluating students' performance along with providing rubrics in order to eliminate the subjectivity of their judgement as much as possible and to make students aware of exactly what is expected of them. The performance-based assessment requires students to perform and demonstrate a task rather than write or select an answer.
It is my belief that through experiences in my class they will come to know the importance of the visual arts in today's society and how it contributes to every aspect of our daily life.
"The aim of art education in the public schools is not to make more professional artists but to teach people to live happier, fuller lives; to extract more out of their experience, whatever that experience may be."
~Grant Wood~
Art education should focus on individual expression to raise cultural and social awareness so that it can ultimately foster a positive change in the society and realize some level of justice, equality and tolerance. Through means of artistic expression, students can build their character and identity, and accelerate their developmental growth and mental capacity. Arts also help foster an individual sense of identity which in turn helps a student develop as an individual.
According to Lowenfeld, the child who uses creativity activity as an emotional outlet will gain freedom and flexibility as a result of the release of unnecessary tensions.
Art education is capable of transforming individuals and society. Art education should serve as an active agent for social change. Students should also learn how to critically analyze the societal systems and achieve critical awareness. Through critical analysis students can achieve personal understanding and growth. According to Goodman, art is a form of inquiry which discovers, creates, and enlarges knowledge.
As an art teacher, I always show my passion for the arts. I do not wish to be viewed as an art expert, or a person who knows if an artwork is good or significant. Instead, I am a skilled and enthusiastic facilitator to the students' critical thinking and a nurturer of their creativity. One of the main goals of art education is helping children to learn how to solve problems. Unlike many other subjects, in art there is more than one correct solution for each problem.
I always plan what I want my students to learn. This includes art making, art history, art criticism, or aesthetics. I also make sure that I design the instruction, define a challenge, prepare research and gather inspiration before creating a project plans so that I can use my class time efficiently. This ensures that my students get accustomed to an organized thought process. This process will further develop my students’ skill through their experiences as an artist, critic and reflective observer.
I believe performance-based assessment is very effective in evaluating students' performance along with providing rubrics in order to eliminate the subjectivity of their judgement as much as possible and to make students aware of exactly what is expected of them. The performance-based assessment requires students to perform and demonstrate a task rather than write or select an answer.
It is my belief that through experiences in my class they will come to know the importance of the visual arts in today's society and how it contributes to every aspect of our daily life.
"The aim of art education in the public schools is not to make more professional artists but to teach people to live happier, fuller lives; to extract more out of their experience, whatever that experience may be."
~Grant Wood~