Professional Documents
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ProfessorWard
Art133pm
10September2015
Unit1
Whenintroducingtheideaofidentity,itisimportantthatasateacher,youshould
emphasizetheimportanceofindividualityandexplorethedifferentwaysthatstudentscan
expressthemselves,whetheritbethroughstudiosortechnology.Anotherimportantconceptof
identityistheconnectionandinteresttotheartwork.AccordingtoSydneyWalker(2001),
becomingpersonallyconnectedtoabigideaishighlyimportantforartmakingotherwise,
otherwiseartmakingcanbecomemerelyanexerciseinproblemsolving(p.2).Onegreatwayto
approachtheideaofidentitytomakequestionsabouttheartwork.Closelyrelatedtoand
derivedfromtheessentialquestionsareartquestions,aboutthebigidea,whichhelpclarifythe
bigidea,andtheartworksarerelated(Walker,2001p.7).
Withtheunderstandingofhowimportantitistohavemystudentsconnecttotheir
artworkI,astheirteacher,wouldincorporatestudiosasthemainpartoftheclass.Studiosallow
studentstocreateandimaginewhatevertheylike.Duringastudio,Iwouldhavemyartstudents
thinkofanitemfromhomethattheyfeelbestrepresentsthem.Theirnextassignmentwould
thenbetowritedownthereasonswhytheylikethisitemandinwhatwaydotheyconnecttothis
item.ThenIwouldhavethestudentsdiscusswhythisitemrepresentsthem.Asateacherwe
wantstudentstobecreativeandbringouttheirindividualityintheartthattheymake.
Walker,S.(2001).
Teachingmeaninginartmaking.
Worchester,MA:Davis.