Re: Advice (Please!) for New Art Teacher (K-12)

TwoDucks_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Sat Jul 03 2004 - 09:10:29 PDT

• Next message: Judith Decker: "Permission to use your "Number One Rules for Teaching Art""
• Previous message: Judith Decker: "RE: Russian Nesting Dolls - a "how to" Patti"
• Maybe in reply to: JMJ Smith: "Advice (Please!) for New Art Teacher (K-12)"
• Next in thread: JMJ Smith: "RE: Advice (Please!) for New Art Teacher (K-12)"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
• Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ]

In a message dated 7/3/04 10:20:36 AM, wellj44@netscape.net writes:

> For the highschool group, as soon as the students become accustomed to your
> participation and behaviour expectations, processes, etc., introduce a
> choice-based strategy utilizing a project menu of some sort if having a bunch of
> 'work stations' is not practical. 
>

choice does not have to wait until high school to begin...and keep in mind
that students who have not had choice in the lower grades may need a lot of
extra scaffolding at the high school level when they first begin to look to
themselves for their art ideas...Your schedule sounds very interesting!
kathy douglas
http://knowledgeloom.org/tab
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TAB-ChoiceArtEd/
http://tabchoiceteaching.blogspot.com/
http://ebps.net/centralschool/artshow.html

---

• Next message: Judith Decker: "Permission to use your "Number One Rules for Teaching Art""
• Previous message: Judith Decker: "RE: Russian Nesting Dolls - a "how to" Patti"
• Maybe in reply to: JMJ Smith: "Advice (Please!) for New Art Teacher (K-12)"
• Next in thread: JMJ Smith: "RE: Advice (Please!) for New Art Teacher (K-12)"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
• Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ]