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CRITICAL INQUIRY
IN ART EDUCATION
Inspiration
?
If the child is the artist
• When do we intervene as art teachers?
• How much do we intervene?
• Do we need to intervene in the first place?
Choice-based art education regards students as
artists and offers them real choices for responding
to their own ideas and interests through making
of art just like how artists make choices about
their art.
According to Katherine M. Douglas and Diana B.
Jaquith, authors of Engaging Learners through
Artmaking: Choice-based Art Education in the
Classroom (2009), it is necessary to allow students
autonomy to follow their ideas, take risks and
ownership of their artmaking processes in order
to develop artistic behaviors. This idea is shown
below in the continuum of choice-based teaching
and learning.
I reflected on my teaching practice and realised it
was predominantly teacher-directed with limited
choices for my students to explore, develop and
create original works. Further, the large class sizes
was intimidating to offer choices as it would be
challenging to manage the process and monitor
the progress of my 40 students. Douglas &
Jaquith got me thinking:
My Ideal Art Classroom vs
In Reality
TIME
What do I have
to do differently
during my art
lessons to
empower students
to make meaningful
choices?
REALITY
In a 1 hour art lesson:
Demonstration (10 min) Settling down (10 min)
Studio Time (50 min) Instruction/
Demonstration
(15 min)
Sharing and reflection
(20 min)
MODIFIED CHOICE FULL CHOICE
Teacher assigns content
and media Teacher chooses content,
student chooses media or
vice versa Students are problem finders
and problem solvers
Student select content and
media all of the time
Students have full ownership of
process, direction, outcomes
PARTICIPANTS DURATION
40 students from a primary 4 class 1. 4 lessons to explore different
drawing media of students’
choice
2. Artist statements
3. Exit tickets
An art room shared
with other classes
Studio Time (20 min)
Different materials put
into baskets placed
on desks as a more
manageable way to
offer choices
Reflection (5 min)
Time to observe each
child’s exploration and
breakthrough
was limited
Lesson 2
2. Art teacher’s reflection based
on collated exit tickets
ENGAGING STUDENTS’
INTERESTS
Lesson 1
How can you use
materials differently to
make art?
Lesson 4
PLAYING WITH
MATERIALS - EXPLORING
NON TRADITIONAL
DRAWING TOOLS
What do you like to draw?
METHODOLOGY
1. Artworks
REALITY
An art room with studio
centres where students
work independently
Cleanup (10 min)
Emergent Curriculum
Student-Directed
NO CHOICE
DATA COLLECTED
IDEAL
OVERVIEW OF 4-WEEK LESSON WITH THE P4 CLASS
Explicit Curriculum
Teacher-Directed
Teacher is flexible with
curriculum in response to
student interests and needs
PHYSICAL SPACE
IDEAL
In a 1.5 hour art lesson:
Cleanup (10 min)
What will choice-
based approach
to teaching and
learning look
like in my art
classroom of
40 students?
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EXPLORING WITH
DRAWING MEDIA FINDING
INSPIRATION
What are the different
drawing media you
can use to make
marks on papers? What inspires you
to draw?
Lesson 3