Marcell Ramish

Art 133

March 15, 2017

Unit 4: Play

In the article, One Art Teachers Search for a Holistic Approach, Virginia K. Freyermuth, she

talks about how there can be different approaches to teaching art. She also talks about how it is

possible for teachers to teach the holistic ways and how they can still meet the required

standards. The author gives many examples of what she thinks is necessary of a teacher of

Holistic Art Education but one of the things Freyermuth (2012) states is how it provides

opportunities for choice on the part of learners that is appropriate to their developmental needs.

This units big idea is play. In the article, Engaging Learners Through Art making: Choice-based

Art Education in the classroom by Katherine M. Douglas and Diane B. Jaquith, they explain four

different practices that define the educational scope, which is personal, pedagogical, classroom,

and assessment. These practices form the structure of choice-based art. Katherine M. Douglas

and Diane B. Jaquith(2009) use a chart that finds a balance between direct teachings and

stepping back allows students more autonomy. There is one choice that is modified choice that

states teachers chooses content, student chooses media or the other way around.

When I become a teacher, I would use modified choice because I feel like it would be fair for the

teachers and students to both have a choice. I would be more flexible with what I teach and make

sure that the students are interested and are also being taught what they need to know. I would
make sure theyre engaged with the activity and sometimes have some fun doing what they think

is play.

References

Douglas, Katherine M. (2009). Engaging learners through art making: choice-based art education

in the classroom. New York: Teachers College Press,

Freyermuth, V. K. (2012). One art teachers search for a holistic approach. In L. H. Campbell &

S. Simmons III (Eds.), The heart of education: Holistic approaches (pp. 266-269). Reston, VA:

National Art Education Association.