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Most valuable was observation of art teachers. Not really the classes. Back then I was judgmental but now I understand. Now I know why the 9th grade art teacher did not hand out “real” drawing pencils to her class (they break them) and the another art teacher ignored the kid on the headphones and taught the kids who wanted to see the demo (spend your time and effort wisely). I understand why the art teacher who shared the room with the music teacher and had no sink in his room refused to do painting and messy proects. I wonder too why I work myself to death and not follow his example of being efficient with what you have.
Haha! I agree... I learned a lot of theory that doesn't apply in a real life setting. I think that 4 year degree was stretched out, the information I learned could have been condensed into 2 years, but universities gotta make their $$ I guess.
My BFA and MFA were probably overkill but the did help me to understand what it means to work as an artist, and informed my teaching. I think BFA should be a requirement for art teaching.
Art education classes not so valuable.
Hmmm.... Nothing beats personal experience but I still utilize most of what I was taught.
I agree; I just knew I had to jump through those hoops to be hired. In art ed classes, mainly project ideas and a few new techniques were helpful. The real clinchers like time management, motivators, and administrative pressures weren't addressed. Also, I thought much of the curriculum suggestions were trivial or irrelevant. The general education classes were more about obvious things, or more theory than "real world".
I agree that college did little to teach you how to teach but some things are fundamental and you need to learn them such as: the how not to be a racist (don't remember the real title of the course but it was informative) and measurement and assessment. I feel like behavior management strategies should also be included probably but wasn't required so I never took it.
Typed all this up and realized you probably meant all the art courses, yeah mostly useless as far as informing my teaching goes.
The art room that I teach in is vastly changing from year to year. The only constant in art is change. It’s completely impossible for any college to prepare you for constant change.
Honestly I feel like college does very little to prepare for teaching. I think shadowing and student teaching were the most helpful.