BIV - I am slowly going crazy 1 2 3 4 5 6

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No song for this entry. Not sure what I would have applied to do it. Either way, it was a nifty idea, but difficult.

Complete Discussion Questions #5 & #6 at the end of the article.

5. How will you create a holistic portrait of the learners in your classes? What will you need to know about them, and how will you apply your knowledge?

Five. Let's start with what a holistic view of education is. Holistic naturally meaning a complete picture being important - a holistic portrait of a learner would be understanding all the cognitive, emotional, moral, social, physical, and aesthetics developmental stages of that learner. Practically, it would be quite difficult to understand all of those developmental stages of a student without extensive dedication to individual students - which would also take a lot of time. I think it would personally tire me out quite quickly. Nonetheless, I would have the ability to determine where a student was developmentally, now being aware of the aspects of a holistic portrait. Understanding that students will fall into different developmental stages, I will have to adapt to their individual needs. Choosing projects that allow for a group determined goal in mind yet allowing for individual exploration in subject matter or imagination would probably be most effective.

I would have to accommodate for the developmentally more advanced and the students that are less secure with what they are doing. As the stronger ones may want to lead, or the others wish to follow the confident students, it would be important to let the students understand that they should not only be inspired by fellow students, but remember to use their own imagination to be creative as well. Also, in terms of representation, a sense of encouragement should always be welcome - as some students will naturally be more skilled or developed. Allowing for artistic exploration in different mediums, as exemplified in the reading, from 2D to 3D could also allow a student to grow. This is why I will need to pay attention to how they approach artistic challenges to understand where they are comfortable as a learner and as an artist. In doing so, in understanding the individual needs and characteristics of each student holistically, the whole group of students can learn both individually and as a group in a more beneficial way.

6. As a teacher of art, why do you think the knowledge of holistic development is important in providing apporpriate instruction for your students?

Six. OF COURSE IT IS. The End.

But I will elaborate. As I somewhat covered in the previous answer to question five, I believe understanding and having knowledge of the holistic development allows for all the students to learn what they need to from the developmental points that they are at. That way none are forced to do something they already understand or cannot understand it would not be a positive learning experience. Knowing that the students are always growing and are at different understanding levels of different developmental stages allows a teacher to be prepared for the variety of learning situations that will be faced.