Learning to become a teacher with transformative qualities is currently what we are focusing on. This is where four categories all intermingle with each other. These qualities as well all know are; 1. Global Citizenship, 2. Leadership, Collaboration, and Advocacy, 3. Multiple Ways of Learning and Teaching, and 4. Rapidly Changing Content.
From our readings I have chosen three lesson examples to write about. These examples were chosen because I could see parts of the transformative qualities intermingled in them.
Example One: Eco Wall of Hope
In this lesson students are learning to become global citizens because they are learning about the environment and our impact on it. In this lesson the students also went about multiple ways of learning because they worked with high schooler’s and then also read to elementary school students. Also some students showed signs of leadership and the students worked together to set up the mural.
Example Two: Fallen Heroes
In this lessons students became very self reflective and this is part of the Leadership, Collaboration and Advocacy category. This was an interesting lesson because the teacher didn’t just teach about portrait drawing and have the students draw themselves like one may typically see. The teacher decided to bring in a social justice issue and have the student draw fallen heroes. In doing this the students became extra critical and wanted to do well, many were afraid to do poorly. To me this was a different way of teaching and a different way for the students to learn. The students also took off with the project and became leaders.
Example Three: PostSecret: Hopes, Wishes, and Regrets
This lesson was great because although it was kept within the school the students learned about the diversity in their school and saw that they were very similar to other students. I feel that this was a very beneficial lesson for the students. What I liked about it was that the students had to take leadership and take the content they were given and interpret it and recreate it as an art form but still expressing the emotion and subject the writer had given them. This led to a lot of critical thinking and leadership on the student’s parts.
I like that you chose PostSecret as an activity of a transformative teacher. I also chose this actuvity because of the same reasons. I never thought that secrets so heartbreaking and concerning can show up in an anonymous box in a high school. Having art students design work based on an individual secret is great because, since the secret is from a fellow peer, it makes the artwork personal and worthwhile. The student also has an opportunity to develop empathy, which is an important trait of a well-rounded individual.
ReplyDeleteI think you have strong connections to the transformative teaching qualities listed here. I thought of different ones for each of them listed- for example, I found the Eco-wall of Hope to be focused on collaboration and leadership through the mentoring and sharing of multiple grades. I think that is what makes these lessons so strong- the fact that there are multiple facets of learning that meet these transformative qualities. They go beyond just working to teach art skills, they teach to develop the whole student. Good post.
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed the Hopes, Wishes, and Regrets project. I think along with teaching critical thinking and leadership skills, it touched on all four transformative teaching qualities. Students were collaborating in a step by step process as well as advocating other students ideas. I think this project used multiple ways of learning and teaching by having students express through writing, interpretation, and mixed media pieces. Overall a great project with many transformative qualities!
ReplyDelete