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![ Adding these criteria to rubrics helps “evade the tendency to
place undue emphasis on skills in the use of materials and
techniques and judgments based on idiosyncratic preferences”
Product Criteria: Process Criteria:
1. Visibility of the 4. Investigative work (pursues
intention behind the problem across several works or
picture (visual work experiments, feels challenged
communicates what the rather than discouraged by
student intended) difficulties)
2. Color, form, 5. Inventiveness (student sets up
composition (achieves problem, tries new solutions, willing
desired effects with the aid to take risks)
of visual elements and 6. Ability to use models (seeks out
principles) models [references] to emulate)
3. Craftsmanship 7. Capacity to self-assess
(mastered the materials
and techniques)
Rubrics
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- 1. Dangling from theEdge of Creativity Anna Wiehe Art Educator
- 2. Art teacher for 5 years ◦ Philadelphia: Special Education (age 5-21) ◦ Manhattan, KS: Elementary (k-6) Currently pursuing my masters degree at Kansas State University ◦ Teaching “Art for the Elementary Teacher” to undergrads Background Information
- 3. Qualitative Study Carried out by teachers Results can be implemented immediately Empowerment ◦ Helps teachers develop their own best practices for their unique students ◦ No need to rely on outside “experts” Action Research
- 4. Why does my students’ art work often all look the same? Botanical Sculpture 5th grade Wonderings
- 5. Day 1: Drawing fromobservation in the learning garden Day 2: Presentation on Susan Beiner Contemporary Ceramic Artists and Creation of Sculpture Day 3: Painting Ceramic Sculpture Andy Rodgers Lindsay Feurer Botanical Sculpture Lesson
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- 7. What can Ido to help my students be more creative? What are the ultimate objectives of the K-12 art or ceramics curriculum? Wonderings
- 8. Kansas Standards for the Visual Arts 21st Century Learning Reaction to No Child Left Behind Defining objectives
- 9. Learn about the power of visual images to influence human behavior, their aspirations, and those of society Explore their own potential to think creatively, to solve problems with ingenuity, and to respond to events and experiences with confidence Discover their artistic heritage and learn to understand the culture of which they are a part and those of others with whom they live Understand that they can effect improvement in the environment and that they can shape their lives, their communities, and their nation Kansas Standards for Visual Arts
- 10. Kansas Standards for the Visual Arts 21st Century Learning Reaction to No Child Left Behind Defining objectives
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- 12. Kansas Standards for the Visual Arts 21st Century Learning Reaction to No Child Left Behind Defining objectives
- 13. No Child LeftBehind
- 14. Discussion: ◦What do you think are the main objectives of your curriculum? ◦ How does creativity fit in? What do you think?
- 15. Research Question: How are art teachers fostering creativity in their classrooms? Methods: Observation of 3 High School Art Classrooms (3 teachers): Art Explorations(9th) Advanced Ceramics (10th-12th) AP Art (12th) Field Notes, Teacher and student interviews, student surveys, artifacts: handouts, rubrics, student work Action Research Methods
- 16. Creativity is: “any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one” -Csikszentmihalyi “the process of having original ideas that have value” -Eisner What is Creativity anyway?
- 17. Unique Ideas Meaning Moving beyond formal qualities and technical skills
- 18. Four ways teachersfoster creativity in the art room: Feedback Teacher Methods Monitoring Student Behavior Traits Classroom Environment Findings
- 19. Critiques Postponegrading until after revision Specific Positive Reinforcement Feedback
- 20. Pushes theidea expansion (first idea is usually not the best idea) High Expectations Provides exposure to the field Responds with more questions Flexibilty in assignments, time frames, etc. Teacher Methods
- 21. Maintaining Rigor Willingness to take risks Self-Motivation Desire for some structure Monitoring Student Behavior Traits
- 22. Building a classroom community ◦ Supportive peer interactions Foster’s report with students Classroom Environment
- 23. Addition to Classroom Environment:China Pre-schools
- 26. Assignments based on Theme/Idea rather than technique Student centered Creative process scaffolded Creative process assessed Recommendations
- 27. Assignments based on Theme/Idea rather than technique Recommendations for more Emphasis on Creativity
- 28. Design a vessel that tells a personal story of a journey Introduction to an watercolor artist who uses collected artifacts along with the painting of the landscape Vessel must have a foot and a lid, and thrown/handbuilt in multiple parts Inverted face sections to contain “artifacts” Lid must have a cast glass knob Journey Vessel
- 29. Themes basedon Student Interests/Experience Progressive or Constructivist Learning Styles “Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” ~ Plato Recommendations for more Emphasis on Creativity
- 30. One of thebest things about progressive education is “its emphasis upon the importance of the participation of the learner in the formation of the purposes which direct his “The teacher’s suggestion activities in the learning is not a mold for a cast- process” iron result but is a starting (Dewey, 1938, p. 67) point to be developed into a plan through contributions from the experience of all engaged in the learning process” (Dewey, 1938, p. 72) Progressive Education Experience and Education: John Dewey
- 31. Creative process scaffolded with specific time for activities such as : ◦ warm-ups ◦ sensory stimulation ◦ reflection time ◦ brainstorming Recommendations for more Emphasis on Creativity
- 32. How do you model or scaffold the creative process in your art room? Compare the amount of time you spend teaching technique to time spent on idea generation What do you think?
- 33. 1. Identify theProject 2. Generate ideas 1. Brainstorm 2. Expand on one word 3. Mental Inventory 1. Personal experiences 2. Current issues 3. interests 4. Research 5. Lateral Thinking 6. Thumbnail Sketches 7. Sketch Models Scaffolding idea expansion
- 34. Assessment criteria that measure creative development process as well as the creativity in the product without over emphasis on technical skill The fastest way to change how we learn is to change how we assess. Recommendations for more Emphasis on Creativity
- 35. Adding these criteria to rubrics helps “evade the tendency to place undue emphasis on skills in the use of materials and techniques and judgments based on idiosyncratic preferences” Product Criteria: Process Criteria: 1. Visibility of the 4. Investigative work (pursues intention behind the problem across several works or picture (visual work experiments, feels challenged communicates what the rather than discouraged by student intended) difficulties) 2. Color, form, 5. Inventiveness (student sets up composition (achieves problem, tries new solutions, willing desired effects with the aid to take risks) of visual elements and 6. Ability to use models (seeks out principles) models [references] to emulate) 3. Craftsmanship 7. Capacity to self-assess (mastered the materials and techniques) Rubrics (Lindstrom, 2006, p. 59)
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- 37. New research question: Howdo art teachers TEACH creativity? While art teachers employed many methods and techniques to foster the pre-existing creativity in students, none really emphasized or taught the process of developing ideas and creative outcomes. Most instructional time spent on learning techniques and analyzing formal qualities of art. Conclusions
- 38. Questions? Comments? Contact me: annawiehe@ gmail.com What do you think?