Visual learning

simply the fact that I could not take a test without having a major anxiety attack, gave me the preconception that I was doomed for the rest of my educational career. This discouraged me from trying on several occasions. After I discovered that I am a visual learner, I was able to turn the tables around. I found that there were ways to make things work in my favor. This was also achieved by Temple Grandin and Mike Rose. On one hand in Temple Grandin’s passage “My Mind is a Web Browser” we, as…

and socially engaged art. Helguera integrates his artistic abilities to the problem of social engaged art. He served as director of adult and academic programs in the department of education at the Museum of Modern art in New York since 2007. His visual art includes social engagement, historical research, pedagogy and language. He is also a author of many books, including Manual of Contemporary Art Style (Jorge Pinto Books, 2007) a humorous and ironic look at the social workings of the…

help patients by achieving their best vision possible. The one thing that stood out to me when I observed Dr. Alizai’s work was that she educated the patient every single time. She never made the patient feel nervous or insecure. She used models and visuals to help the patient understand rather than throwing medical jargon at them. That’s the kind of doctor I aspire to…

Babies can only See in Black and White The visual system is the most complex sensory system in the human body (Swartout-Corbeil, n.d.), which contains receptor cells that are sensitive to the physical energy of light. However, it is very immature system at birth. A neonate is unable to see patterns because of the immature optic muscles. William James, the great 19th century philosopher and psychologist, once described the sensory-perceptual world of infants as a "blooming, buzzing confusion"…

“It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.” (Steve Jobs, 2011). That was the late Steve Jobs giving his perspective about how the arts should be viewed in our society. Over the years the fine arts have been neglected in schools worldwide. There is not enough funding put aside in schools for the fine arts. Society does not believe it is needed in our children…

The act of growing up is difficult, and middle school is one of the hardest grade levels to make it through. There are so many changes that happen in this age group, such as a new school, multiple teachers, and school sponsored sports to name a few. All these changes happening around the same time lead to an identity crises of sorts. Kerlavage (1998) states, “All the rules for social behavior that developed in earlier stages are suddenly called into question as students, in transition between…

Art is a term that cannot be defined incorrectly, art can have many definitions but some will be better than others. Art plays an important role in many people lives, it motivates the human brain by making people react with their emotions. It also provides many people with source of creation and self-expression. Art is very subjective and it has a different meaning to many people, but it is also at a continuous state of change. A way that art can be defined is through form and content (Wollheim,…

coursework within courses that do not have a focus on art. Fine arts affect students in several different ways, many of which are positive. Effects of fine arts include allowing students to discover a passion for fine arts such as visual art and music, improving students overall learning in other academic areas, enabling students to think more creatively on their own instead of critically, and as a potential negative for some students that are not artistically inclined,…

They are learning how to treat and work with one another. My students are also exposed to broader ideas and can comfortably engage in discussion of opinions. The art making process enables my students to become thinkers and doers instead of followers, and they can…

The career I am choosing is Optometry and majoring in biology. I became interested in the study of the eyes when I was about 10 years old. My Aunt Alicia is an optometrist; she has influenced me into eyes. I am going to follow into her footsteps, but first things first is education. Education will enhance my knowledge about the eyes and how important they are to see. Did you know the second most complex organ in your body is the eye, after the brain. My passion for optometry grows…