On March 15th, 2018, Megan Kirkwood and I traveled by train downtown to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. We saw many unpleasant views...

The first day at St. Mary’s for observations I was very involved in the classroom environment. It was a chaotic day to meet the students,...

As politicians made education competitive among different nations, unique standards were applied to each subject and grade to understand...

Student A: “Mom! I am so mad, I got an 89% in French for the semester so I wasn’t able to get straight A’s and my GPA will be lower than...

Post-modern art refers to art that uses old ideas to create new ideas. Artwork like this builds upon previous ideas from artwork to form...

“I don’t want my daughter’s kids to turn out like their mother who’s a drug addict.” “I can volunteer my time and money in the classroom...

The more I read about art, the more I relate it to science. Art has elements and principles similar to science and they are investigated...

Egg and Pigment. There have always been discussions about the traditional mediums artists use. For example, artists use wood when...

Technology plays a new role in the arts that was nonexistent 100 years ago. I can share with you many ways that technology can be...

Art has been evaluated and dissected with the intentions of finding a parallel between art and science. The parallel created was among...

When you first start teaching, you may notice that you are struggling to get a grip on students. You may have the purest intentions to...

Visual Culture uses themes to guide the organization of its content. Themes are not mutually exclusive and have interdisciplinary...

Kerry Freedman & Doug Boughton summarize curriculum best by stating that, “Curriculum ties together visual culture content, instructional...

By approximately the age of 12 children make the decision for themselves if they believe they are good enough at art to keep learning and...

Children spend a third of their lives in school related activities. It is to no surprise that they are highly influenced by their school...

When reading chapter 2, I immediately made connections with the art education portfolio class (ARTRE 200) I took the semester before ARTE...

After reading the introduction to art education with a focus on visual culture, I was better able to understand the importance of arts...

Art influences children in and outside of the classroom constantly. People of all ages are being emerged in their surroundings which...