The Art of Teaching Essay

When planning the micro-teaching experience, it is essential to ensure the activities are suitable while also remaining engaging and meaningful to the target and incidental audience. Students from the year one class at West End State School and a diverse range of students from the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital are given the opportunity to participate in a performing arts experience planned by QUT preservice teachers. As we are unaware of the specific ages of the students from the hospital, we…

Teaching an art lesson was kind of new for me, as I have never seen my CT integrating art into an academic subject. Moreover, it was a challenge for me to create an art class integrated with an academic subject. When I spoke to my CT about creating an integrated art lesson she told me that it will be better for me to teach an art lesson separated from an academic subject, so I spoke to the ancillary teacher to allow me to teach an art class during their time period. The computer teacher allow me…

curriculum is a widely debated subject. Everything from math, to physical education, to the arts is included in different curriculums. However, some disagree that the arts, such as dance, drama, and music, shouldn’t be included in the school system. These people propose that these are luxury topics, and not necessary for success in the real world. This concept might apply to some kids, but others find delight in the arts, and even wish to pursue a career involving these skills. Some kids…

Prompt 1: When I think of liberal arts, I automatically think of Liberal arts colleges. When I was graduating high school I spent much of my time researching what kind of college would interest me. I found out that I really liked the vibes of liberal arts colleges because they offered more artistic and creative ways of teaching. I looked at colleges like Bard College, Columbia College Chicago, and The University of New Hampshire College. All these colleges offered my major (early childhood…

Art, whether in form of paintings, performances, poems, or plays, is often the avenue of creative expression young people turn to when discovering their own identities. For many of these young people, school fine arts classes are the first opportunities for them experience creativity and individualism first-hand. It is important to preserve these opportunities for future generations and to set of precedence of placing importance on fine arts education. To remove fine arts classes and to defund…

Philosophy of Teaching The Philosophy my teaching will be to create a community that is constructive and allows for original work to be produced every day. Striving for the inclusion of everyone through the understanding of art and how it is made. My goals will be reachable, but have the ability to give them the chance to learn life skills. One the first day of class my goal will be to start creating connections. Listening to my students wants from their class is key. When given a say…

Raised in the beautiful state of Montana, Sherry Tuss is a realistic watercolor artist, who dedicated much of her life to teaching others about art. She moved away from home, and for a span of 15 years, Sherry was an elementary Art Instructor in the Las Vegas Park County School District. She also taught adult classes of various themes. Now retired from the classroom, Sherry is back in Great Falls, Montana where she is enjoying her personal painting. She has a love for Montana and that love lies…

I remember when I was in Elementary School and every day we had time to do music, art, and/or theater both in class and as an extra elective. I know that personally for me this was my favorite part of each day when I was able to have a bit more freedom and express myself the way I wanted to through the arts. Every day this is what my classmates and I looked forward to, every lesson we got to use the arts or every time we went to our electives we loved learning and remembered what we learned…

studied art and language but not his general core classes. He chose at that time not to go to college after graduating high school. He traveled Europe wanting to become an artist; it was a hard time traveling by foot and only having to sleep under bridges at night. After traveling around Europe for about a year, keeping a diary record of his travel experiences, enduring the harshness of having to live as a poor person outside in the elements, he decided to go back to Germany and enroll in an art…

the Creator Art has played a significant role in history and continues to positively affect today’s society. Art, in the form of paintings, has been used throughout history to tell stories and send messages. Today, people view art as an outlet, a way to express oneself, a way of sharing happiness with others, and a means of storytelling. Despite the many proven positive effects of art, some Christians today still view it as something that has no value and should not be used. However, art is very…