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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? > >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. > >I hope this helps.
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