Insights for School Art and Imagination
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 106
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The words in this book bear the fingerprints of the thousands of students, hundreds of colleagues, as well as the significant people in the author’s life. Written from decades of experience in the classroom, this is a practical guide to developing insights and imagination in an art classroom. It contains stories from the classroom and uses illustrations to clarify concepts. A practical guide to art activities is also contained to give a practical guide for the classroom.
It guides new educators into self-discovery while leading the development of art as a language. The role and development of imagination is explored using three insights. Empowering perceptions is a goal for both the reader and their future students through the use of the Application Activities to reinforce the principles that are discussed.
Table of Figures
CHAPTER 1 Why Teach Art?
Multiculturalism
Application Interview Guide
Application Multicultural Timeline
What Is Your Vision?
Stories of Four Students
Application Vision Casting?
Chapter 2 How Is Art a Language?
What Are the Elements of Art and Principles of Design?
Application Elements and Principles Handout
Ideas for Elements of Art
Ideas for Principles of Design
Application Elements Worksheets
Application Principles
Chapter 3 Is Imagination Teachable?
Debating Imagination
Parameter of Imagination
Web of Betweeness Theory
Three Insights of Imagination
Apply Insights to Imagination
Application 3 Insights
Chapter 4 Empowering Perceptions in Art
Application Empowering Perceptions
Chapter 5 Using Assessments and Rubrics
Pre-Assessment
How Does the Brain Learn
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Application Pre-Assessment Art Exercises
Application Formative Assessment
Chapter 6 What Can Social Skills and Visual Arts Teach?
Social Skills and Social Learning
Visual Arts Education and Social Skills
Chapter 7 How Can You Teach Art Practically?
Application Guides
Application Problem Based Learning
Application Flipping for Common Core
Professionally, I work as an educator and artist. While teaching graduate education classes at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky, I also direct and mentor the teachers in the MAED Teacher Leader Program. This program grew exponentially to become one of the largest in the state of Kentucky. Another area of teaching is Art Education so I specialize in two passions, Leadership and Art. My Ph.D. in Education focused on Cultural Studies, an interdisciplinary field exploring the role of social institutions in shaping culture. To receive my Ph.D. I developed The Web of Betweeness, a theory that explores the concept of power emitted through creative and imaginative thought. This new theory added to the many theories of aesthetics.
Currently, I serve on Kentucky governor’s Diversity Coalition on Education and have art work on display at the national headquarters for NAEA. Recently, I served as a National Reviewer for Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) and for the National Association of Art Education (NAEA). I have developed and administered education programs from Eastern Tennessee into the Cumberland Plateau of Appalachia to reach a variety of learners with special needs, low SES, and the artistically gifted.