This is probably more of an age issue than a teacher one. My intermediate
students are used to taking 6-7 class periods to complete a lesson (my
intermediate classes are grades 3-6). Then they go home for the summer, come
back as middle school students, and want to be finished in 10 minutes! I
push them and push them until around the middle of their sophomore year, and
suddenly they mature overnight (well, most of them anyways - some never make
it! - and are able to focus longer on projects. So it's not an elementary
teacher thing - since I am their teacher for all their K-12 art classes! :-)
~Michal
K-12 Kansas Art Teacher
http://www.geocities.com/theartkids
> If more elementary teachers
> would plan for lessons to take more than one class period there were
> be fewer complaints from middle school teachers that their students
> want to rush through their art (smile).
