4 Questions about Teaching

  • How can connections within the art education community be implemented in a classroom or lesson (NAEA/PAEA/Etc.)?

  • When are students "too young" to be taught about social issues in classrooms? Is there even a limit?
In relation to bullying:
- Don't go to far from the conversation that gets brought up
- At a level and depth to the knowledge they have/ want to have at their ages
- More a matter of how you teach it in classrooms
     - Keep parents involved about how they can talk about it with their child on these topics
- Parent Note (Digitally/Physical): Explain what you did today; significance of the ideas; the bigger overarching idea; questions (1-3) to discuss; talk about next lesson and how it connects
- When talking about sexuality, don't make it about the sexuality and the derogatory nature that bullying can create

  • How much student input should be considered when taking qualitative assessments?
- Is it done in writing or verbal comments?
- Is there a need for differences between age groups?
- Written from younger students and verbal conversations for older
- Recording oneself for future advice and from previous classes to give future ones advice
- Group project reflections can offer insight into the group dynamics
          - Do watch out for the reflections since they are subjective to opinion
          - Think about group work as a way to improve your assessment instead of the group dynamics
               - Did you word the question in a way that the class understood?
- Reflections in general can give insight into what students really think of their work
  • How can you connect your activities in the art room into lessons taught within other subject areas?

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