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Dear all,
I am a beginning teacher in Singapore. I hold a degree in architecture but had no proper education in the visual arts. I am nevertheless, very interested in the subject, thus teaching it.Was recently tasked to write the art and crafts curriculum for upper primary children (ages 10 to 12..am not sure what grade that would equate to in the states...my apologies). My question is this, would putting elements of art history and criticism be a good idea? is it too tedious and boring for them? My management and other teachers are quite against the whole idea. Your views on this?
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Date Posted:17:50:58 06/23/06 Fri
In my opinion, childen aged 10-12 have a shorter attention span because they are entering adolescence. Because of this, I believe that a general approach is called for when you teach criticism and history. However, teaching the elements of art are good for any age.
Ken
>Dear all,
> I am a beginning teacher in Singapore. I hold a
>degree in architecture but had no proper education in
>the visual arts. I am nevertheless, very interested in
>the subject, thus teaching it.Was recently tasked to
>write the art and crafts curriculum for upper primary
>children (ages 10 to 12..am not sure what grade that
>would equate to in the states...my apologies). My
>question is this, would putting elements of art
>history and criticism be a good idea? is it too
>tedious and boring for them? My management and other
>teachers are quite against the whole idea. Your views
>on this?
Date Posted:03:55:41 07/26/06 Wed
>Dear all,
> I am a beginning teacher in Singapore. I hold a
>degree in architecture but had no proper education in
>the visual arts. I am nevertheless, very interested in
>the subject, thus teaching it.Was recently tasked to
>write the art and crafts curriculum for upper primary
>children (ages 10 to 12..am not sure what grade that
>would equate to in the states...my apologies). My
>question is this, would putting elements of art
>history and criticism be a good idea? is it too
>tedious and boring for them? My management and other
>teachers are quite against the whole idea. Your views
>on this?
I don't think incorporating art history and criticism is a bad idea, provided you are able to faciliate students to see how history remains relevant in the present contexts or how history helps to make progress in near future. As for criticism, you may need to think along the line of criticism as "Critical Thinking" or "Self Reflection". This means you can integrate art history into self thinking by encouraging students to discuss the contents of art history as to the present. It goes back to helping students to find relevancy in the subject in their own personal experiences or observations.
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