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Discuss your experiences in Art 307. What have they contributed to your understanding of Art? of the Role of Art in Leaning? of what the relationship between education and learning is? of the role of the teacher in this process?

I feel that Art307 has been a lot more hands-on interactive learning that 205 and I've loved it. I've always been more of a hands on learner, so being able to experience and witness what this class is about has been a great experience. I feel that I've come to understand art from many different perspectives than just my individual relationship to art as an artist. I understand it now as a student, teacher, and artist - all individually and all together.

I feel that art has so much more potential than has been implemented in the school system and I've learned how much of a role Art can take in learning. Art has the possibility to teach things without the student even knowing it, but then again it would probably be a good thing for the teacher to inform students just how much they're learning. Learning through art just seems such a nice way of applying knowledge rather than reading things out of textbooks.

Teachers act as guidance - not rule enforcers and people that tell you what you're doing wrong. Frankly, I feel that a good teacher is rare and that's a shame. I feel the role of the teacher is so important, without a teacher the students would be lost. And at the same time, the students help the teacher learn things as well. A teacher and student learn together to educate each other about art, other topics, life, each others and themselves and that's what this class has given light to me.