This book is wanting to demonstrate what art teachers should focus on and how they should base their lesson plans. It will provide real examples from the "Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge" project to help guide future art teachers with their curriculum. Although this is directed towards those in the art field, it is also helpful to teachers in general because it can help show how to put art into any curricula. As teachers make their lesson plans, hopefully they will remember the concepts provided in the book. Unlike other college textbooks, this one is designed to be something students can actually use in their everyday career. Each chapter is designed to flow into the next so that the ideas are kept constant and fresh in the reader's mind. Chapters 2 and 3 breakdown the basics on how to build the right subject matter for strategies and assessments. Chapters 4 and 5 dig into research done to help show how to interact the basics learned in the classroom and how to get the students engaged. The last chapters put it all together on how to build lesson plans and projects that will demonstrate art advancements in the basic core learning. Overall, this book is meant to mainly provide examples that can be fully used in every classroom.
As would be obvious, art curriculum has changed over the years. Instead of focusing on one particular type of art, it has broadened to include on what art means to us. Within each state, there are state and national levels that students are supposed to meet. Assessments have been made to ensure students learned what they were taught. In order for these assessments to work, students need to learn relevant material to them so they can better understand and interpret the material. The best way to guarantee that a student will learn the subject matter is to determine how your students learn. If they learn best a certain way, the teacher needs to direct the lessons to follow that. Because teachers have all different ways they can teach, programs are provided where they can share ideas and concepts with one another. The TETAC put all these concepts together to make guidelines to help teachers direct themselves when making lesson plans. The TETAC developed five key components to help assist teachers with ideas for the classroom. The five components are unit foundations, content, instruction, assessment, and design.
As would be obvious, art curriculum has changed over the years. Instead of focusing on one particular type of art, it has broadened to include on what art means to us. Within each state, there are state and national levels that students are supposed to meet. Assessments have been made to ensure students learned what they were taught. In order for these assessments to work, students need to learn relevant material to them so they can better understand and interpret the material. The best way to guarantee that a student will learn the subject matter is to determine how your students learn. If they learn best a certain way, the teacher needs to direct the lessons to follow that. Because teachers have all different ways they can teach, programs are provided where they can share ideas and concepts with one another. The TETAC put all these concepts together to make guidelines to help teachers direct themselves when making lesson plans. The TETAC developed five key components to help assist teachers with ideas for the classroom. The five components are unit foundations, content, instruction, assessment, and design.