This ain't on any standardized test!
Curie HS Art 1 Students are doing reflective writing during their critique. That's right! Our students think and process and then think about their thinking! That's art education and we have to let the parents and administration know what we are doing in the classroom. (That is thinking deeply and reflecting throughout the creative process). I'm always surprised when others are surprised that art teachers do this. So many don't realize the depths we bring our students to.
Click on the link to go to our blog. There will soon be another post of some of the studies with the student writing attached. I regret I did not video the discussions. It is so hard to document and run the session at the same time! I need to get that equipment so I can set up the video camera and let it run on its own....
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Valerie Xanos
Curie HS
Yes absolutely writing is part of the process of critique. As Jane Bennett says there is a stickiness to words. Perhaps they allow us to capture ideas in a way that might otherwise not have come into our consciousness.
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