I just read about the beginnings of art education and how simple lines and geometric forms were used to educate children in drawing. While I agree that art should be about freedom of expression, do you think that this approach (simple basics) works better for some children?
Yes for some students it is best to (smiple basics) is needed. If you take a look at learning styles and multiple intelligences you can see how geometric forms would be great for someone that is logical- mathematical intelligence or a mastery learner. Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Theory is a great place to start for this info. I also believe that a student of art needs the basics before they can turly understand the freedom of expression. If you look at the great masters you can see that through the process of learning the basics they found their own style of expression. Evaluation is the highest level of learning and with out going through the process there is nothing to evaluate.
ReplyDeleteIn the U.S. we are ask to try and make lesson that will cover as many different learning styles as we can. Is this anything close to the style of lessons you may teach in Iceland?
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