Where am I heading with the Arts and Arts Integration? Looking back on this sememster and thinking about this question, the one thing that comes to mind it that I am heading forward with Art Integration and the Arts. I have always in enjoyed the arts but never knew how improtant they really are until now.
I am difinatly a believer in art integration, I have witnessed myself learning more by using them to help myself study. I have seen in field how the students light up when they were able to do an art activity. Art has an amazing affect on people.
Now its up to me as I become a teacher to remember how important they are and pass on my knowledge to others around me. Not only pass it on to my students but to the teachers I work with, and the parents. I want them to know how much the arts can help them and how important it is not to push them aside. That is where I see myself heading now that I have the knowledge to do so.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Reflection #14 Arts Integration in Teaching
Going into this class one of my first thought was oh great what kind of stuff are they going to make us do. I looked over the syllabus and the outline, and thought oh no, I am going to have to sing and dance. I never thought I was going to learn so many amazing things.
First of all I learned about myself. I figured out that I could get up and make a fool out of myself while learning something. And that it really wasn't that scary to sing out loud so other people could hear me. I learned that art wasn't just drawing a picture. I learned that by using art, I learned more and that someday my students would learn more.
I learned that elementary children can do so much more with art than just draw a picture! My eyes were truly opened to how they can interpret a book or emotions through a song or acting. I was able to have my students during field act out some emotions, it was amazing and so fun!
This semester taught me that art doesn't have to be its own subject. That by pairing art with another subject you create a learning experience that is so much more than just a lesson that you tell the students what they should know. They are able to experience, and interpret the knowledge they are gaining.
First of all I learned about myself. I figured out that I could get up and make a fool out of myself while learning something. And that it really wasn't that scary to sing out loud so other people could hear me. I learned that art wasn't just drawing a picture. I learned that by using art, I learned more and that someday my students would learn more.
I learned that elementary children can do so much more with art than just draw a picture! My eyes were truly opened to how they can interpret a book or emotions through a song or acting. I was able to have my students during field act out some emotions, it was amazing and so fun!
This semester taught me that art doesn't have to be its own subject. That by pairing art with another subject you create a learning experience that is so much more than just a lesson that you tell the students what they should know. They are able to experience, and interpret the knowledge they are gaining.
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