bUreau of education & research
Staff development and training for k-12 education
Engaging visual projects for enhancing your art program: From ordinary to extraordinary
The seminar was specifically designed for art educators working with students in grades 6-12. Benefits of attending included: 1. Enhancing the art program with innovative and challenging visual projects. 2. Helping students find avenues for personal and artistic expression through the use of simple, everyday materials. 3. Discover unique projects and model lessons that will provide students with rich opportunities for fostering greater artistic understanding 4. Learn how to more effectively accommodate diverse levels of students' artistic abilities. 5. Achieve higher standards of artistic expression. As well as many more.
At the time I attended this conference I was familiar with the speaker Ken Vieth. I had read his book From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Art & Design Problem Solving and was interested on his views on how we as art teachers can help our students become creative problem solvers. I was also writing my thesis that was an investigation of two different teaching methods: Product oriented teaching and Process oriented teaching. I was interested in, if one teaching method over another was more effective at developing students creativity.
From attending I learned a few different ways to enhance the art curriculum with innovative visual projects. Projects were designed to help students build important basic skills while expressing themselves creatively, i.e.the rhinoceros project comes to mind. There was a focus on how to create an art program that reflects the belief that art is for everyone- from students with special needs to the academically brilliant. The seminar also reflected the importance for students to reflect on their creative process through verbal critiques and written reflections. I received a copy of ENGAGING THE ADOLESCENT MIND THROUGH VISUAL PROBLEM SOLVING by the author and speaker Ken Vieth.
At the time I attended this conference I was familiar with the speaker Ken Vieth. I had read his book From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Art & Design Problem Solving and was interested on his views on how we as art teachers can help our students become creative problem solvers. I was also writing my thesis that was an investigation of two different teaching methods: Product oriented teaching and Process oriented teaching. I was interested in, if one teaching method over another was more effective at developing students creativity.
From attending I learned a few different ways to enhance the art curriculum with innovative visual projects. Projects were designed to help students build important basic skills while expressing themselves creatively, i.e.the rhinoceros project comes to mind. There was a focus on how to create an art program that reflects the belief that art is for everyone- from students with special needs to the academically brilliant. The seminar also reflected the importance for students to reflect on their creative process through verbal critiques and written reflections. I received a copy of ENGAGING THE ADOLESCENT MIND THROUGH VISUAL PROBLEM SOLVING by the author and speaker Ken Vieth.