Multicultural Classes
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Is this situation typical in most schools?
How can art teachers accommodate different learning styles and other needs among their students?
Is it important for teachers to develop a range of instructional skills?
How can art teachers get the most from the visual nature of their subject?
In many of the urban centers within Canadian cities the schools often have students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and often the earning abilities are just as varied. In Calgary most of the schools in the Northeast and Southeast extremely multicultural schools where the students only know English as a second language. This is not surprising considering that Canada is a society with freedom of rights where a cultural collage is created from our high immigration rate. We will have students who will not be used to the the cultural setting of our North American classroom, they may not feel safe due to language barriers, they may be afraid or uncomfortable to speak publicly. In public schools there are also many different learning abilities. The spectrum for children learning abilities will range from gifted students, to students with emotional disorders, to students with physical or mental disabilities.
To accommodate different learning styles and other needs of students I would plan to:
-Use a large variety of visual stimuli from posters of a wide variety of art works, interactive index cards, explanation of projects through physical demonstrations.
-Having students learn lessons as a whole but then working in group can help stronger students to learn to communicate their understanding, it will help the vocabulary and confidence of those who do not speak English, it will allow those who are having trouble to get help from the teacher and their peers and so much assistance will help them to see the project from many different angles.
-Depending on the age of the students I would ask students if they would want to share a lesson on art from their country and their culture and if so I would take the initiative to learn more about it and to get visual stimuli.
-I would want to have levels to each of my projects. By this I mean that each project could have a simplified variation to assist students with disabilities, or further levels for students who are advanced learners or artists.
I believe that the teacher would have to be able to turn all of their lessons into visual, oral, and kinesthetic styles of learning. Further more I believe it would be important that the teacher can facilitate group learning, and how to find the appropriate materials for students to be able to teach one another. Teachers will also need to figure out several ways to approach working with many mediums and how to make them challenging and also simplified.
Art teachers can use the visual nature of their class to help their students. It can help them by:
-Allowing students to see examples of art work.
-Students with a limited English vocabulary will be able to look at famous art work and understand styles and technique.
-The teacher can draw a description or instructions for students who may not be able to concentrate or follow lessons in class.
-Teachers can demonstrate to the class how to use different tools. This way if a verbal explanation doesn't work well enough then the students can see the teacher or peers doing the art work. (A bonus to creating visual art work.)
Is this situation typical in most schools?
How can art teachers accommodate different learning styles and other needs among their students?
Is it important for teachers to develop a range of instructional skills?
How can art teachers get the most from the visual nature of their subject?
In many of the urban centers within Canadian cities the schools often have students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and often the earning abilities are just as varied. In Calgary most of the schools in the Northeast and Southeast extremely multicultural schools where the students only know English as a second language. This is not surprising considering that Canada is a society with freedom of rights where a cultural collage is created from our high immigration rate. We will have students who will not be used to the the cultural setting of our North American classroom, they may not feel safe due to language barriers, they may be afraid or uncomfortable to speak publicly. In public schools there are also many different learning abilities. The spectrum for children learning abilities will range from gifted students, to students with emotional disorders, to students with physical or mental disabilities.
To accommodate different learning styles and other needs of students I would plan to:
-Use a large variety of visual stimuli from posters of a wide variety of art works, interactive index cards, explanation of projects through physical demonstrations.
-Having students learn lessons as a whole but then working in group can help stronger students to learn to communicate their understanding, it will help the vocabulary and confidence of those who do not speak English, it will allow those who are having trouble to get help from the teacher and their peers and so much assistance will help them to see the project from many different angles.
-Depending on the age of the students I would ask students if they would want to share a lesson on art from their country and their culture and if so I would take the initiative to learn more about it and to get visual stimuli.
-I would want to have levels to each of my projects. By this I mean that each project could have a simplified variation to assist students with disabilities, or further levels for students who are advanced learners or artists.
I believe that the teacher would have to be able to turn all of their lessons into visual, oral, and kinesthetic styles of learning. Further more I believe it would be important that the teacher can facilitate group learning, and how to find the appropriate materials for students to be able to teach one another. Teachers will also need to figure out several ways to approach working with many mediums and how to make them challenging and also simplified.
Art teachers can use the visual nature of their class to help their students. It can help them by:
-Allowing students to see examples of art work.
-Students with a limited English vocabulary will be able to look at famous art work and understand styles and technique.
-The teacher can draw a description or instructions for students who may not be able to concentrate or follow lessons in class.
-Teachers can demonstrate to the class how to use different tools. This way if a verbal explanation doesn't work well enough then the students can see the teacher or peers doing the art work. (A bonus to creating visual art work.)
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