Art Classroom Observation
Some of the aspects that were touched upon in the Ted talk I can relate to high school. When Ted talked about how schools do not support the arts, I can see where he is coming from. My Studio Art II teacher was telling me and a fellow classmate about how low the enrollment in the art department has been that past couple years. It is not that hard to recognize either because at the school art show the previous year, they could barely fill up the space they had set up in our library. They had to enlist the photography teacher to fill up a whole section of panels that were bare. My senior year though, the school presented a new way for students to take an art class, and it really worked! It was kind of like block scheduling. Usually your junior
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For starters, we need to make the classes that young students sit in more engaging. Sitting in a seat for over a half hour can cause students to get antsy. If students feel the need to raise their hand, or answer a question in class, it will cause them to be more involved in the material that they are learning about. I also think that when you get a student laughing, it draws their attention more to the material rather than starring at them with a blank face and speaking for the allotted time period. Secondly, we need to boost the curiosity for students in the main classes that they take. If the students become interested in the class and want to learn, then they will retain the material better. Lastly, teachers need to become creative within their classrooms. I know it can be easy to do a project in an English, History, or Science class, but we also have to remember that there is Math too. It may be hard to initially think of a project for Math classes, but it is important that we help students engage with what they are learning in those classes too. Simply projects could help a student remember graphs or even equations they would not have before. If we do these simple things it could prevent students from being left behind, failing class, and even prevent students from dropping
For starters, we need to make the classes that young students sit in more engaging. Sitting in a seat for over a half hour can cause students to get antsy. If students feel the need to raise their hand, or answer a question in class, it will cause them to be more involved in the material that they are learning about. I also think that when you get a student laughing, it draws their attention more to the material rather than starring at them with a blank face and speaking for the allotted time period. Secondly, we need to boost the curiosity for students in the main classes that they take. If the students become interested in the class and want to learn, then they will retain the material better. Lastly, teachers need to become creative within their classrooms. I know it can be easy to do a project in an English, History, or Science class, but we also have to remember that there is Math too. It may be hard to initially think of a project for Math classes, but it is important that we help students engage with what they are learning in those classes too. Simply projects could help a student remember graphs or even equations they would not have before. If we do these simple things it could prevent students from being left behind, failing class, and even prevent students from dropping