TAB Thursday: Engaging Learners Through Art-Making Part 3
- colringbk
- Apr 18, 2014
- 2 min read
This week I cracked open the chapter "The Learning Environment". I feel like this was a short, quick chapter, so expect a short, quick review.
WHAT I READ
This chapter described what the various studio centers and other layouts should represent for the young artists. Each center should be separated into 4 sections:
Menus
Materials and Tools
Resources
Furniture
The most impactful section in my opinion was the menus. They discussed how the menus and informative reading at the center can be laminated or placed in binder sleeves to keep them as clean as possible. Plus, it seems that this would help organizing and altering the center.
Another section was about Room Arrangement, and as I read that section, I tried to imagine what my classroom should look like in a choice-based art system. An art teacher has to consider a meeting place or a demo area, the placement of centers, and a teacher-only prep corner. This is pretty standard for all art teachers, though considering where dry media centers and clay centers require more planning than a standard art teaching. That caused me to stop and reflect where the art centers would go.
The final section of this chapter dealt with special cases such as the art on the cart teacher and other shared spaces. Thankfully, I don't need to worry about that.
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I READ
I don't have many questions about this chapter. However, it reminded me of working on art centers when I was a student teacher. I really enjoyed working on those, probably because I like the challenge of organization.
Catch you next week as I research Chapter 3: How to Structure the Class.
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