Learning to Let Go: Motivating Students through Fluid Teaching in a Choice-Based Found Object Assemblage Unit

Autor/in	Dravenstadt, Danielle Wayne
Titel	Learning to Let Go: Motivating Students through Fluid Teaching in a Choice-Based Found Object Assemblage Unit
Quelle	In: Art Education, 71 (2018) 5, S.8-13 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
DOI	10.1080/00043125.2018.1482158
Schlagwörter	Studio Art; Units of Study; Student Motivation; Student Centered Learning; Art Activities; Middle School Students; Grade 7; Student Empowerment; Classroom Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunstwerkstatt; Lerneinheit; Schulische Motivation; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Studienberechtigung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima
Abstract	In this article, the author describes a choice-based art unit she designed for her 7th-grade students, discussing how choice impacted student motivation and how this relates to playful exploration, meaning making, and sharing. With the implementation of a personally meaningful found-object unit, students' motivation increased because of the following factors: (1) choice led students to playfully explore materials and feel more confident about their artmaking; (2) choice led to engaged meaning making; and (3) sharing choices through dialogue led students to have a voice and feel validated. Students built stronger relationships with their peers and their teacher, which improved the classroom culture. Freedom motivated students to express their creative impulses. The author discovered that she could empower her students by letting go and listening to their voices. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01