Miss Art of Teaching

Embrace the value of Art There seems to be an increased misunderstanding that 'Art is easy' or 'I am entitled to a higher mark because it is just Art'. Moving up Bloom's Taxonomy: This makes me revisit the taxonomy pyramid created by Benjamin Bloom. His pyramid has influenced many educators. Higher order skills are placed at the top of the pyramid and by looking at his diagram below we can see that 'creating' is placed at the top.  Visual Arts is a subject where it requires students to   create   their own artworks and explain/communicate how they did it. This subject provides activities that help engage students to higher order thinking.  His pyramid is also a great way of scaffolding activities in the art classroom. As an art educator I still cover 'remembering' activities by getting students to identify and match things.  Students are encouraged to analyse artworks by looking at the elements and principles of design, and evaluating wha...

Last year I wrote a proposal to get funding for new furniture, paint etc. Each faculty was asked to write a proposal to change an old existing classroom into a 21st-century learning room. By enhancing the learning environment through design, it allows students to be an engaging learning environment. Studies show that by changing the learning environment it allows for understanding, recall and recognition, engagement, problem solving and communication. It is important that we make a learning environment that is exciting and attractive as it makes students more interested in learning. We were granted $10,000 by the school to use it to improve the space. Our school has an equity funding program that allows teachers to apply if it benefits the school community and its learners. The before picture: Above: The above picture is not a true indication of the state of the classroom. The walls were filled with hundreds of staples. Each inch was filled with laminated A4 posters create...