My personal experience with the arts has been with classes, gift-making/creating, experimenting with painting, teaching art lessons in the sixth grade as a teacher's assistant, my current job, and student council in high school.
I have taken one art class at UVU-sculpting.
I have invested much time in making gifts for friends and family that involve mod podge, pictures, painting, gluing... crafting. Some of the gifts have also included computer graphic design.
I have experimented with painting on canvas and trying out different acrylic basic painting.
As you can see by my lovely willow tree, I still have loads to learn, but at least I try. This tree is a masterpiece to me, and I suppose that's all that matters.
I also taught a water-coloring lesson and a paper college lesson for a 6th grade class I assisted.
I also work in the art department here at UVU, cleaning the print making room, drawing room, and painting room. I am constantly around art, so hopefully my subconscious is picking up some tips.
Did you have teachers who taught and/or integrated them in your education?
I remember having a separate art class in elementary school that I enjoyed. We made characters for the story we were writing in class, which made art integrated in the class somewhat. I remember I made two little models of the main characters in my 'story book': Jack and Lilly. After they came out of the kennel, they were missing some appendages, but I just glued them back on and was happy as a lark to have little people to go along with my story.
Another teacher that integrated arts was in the 1st grade. I remember doing lots of gluing and painting. I also remember making a ceramic ornament at Christmas time.
I don't recall many teachers after elementary school incorporating arts into our general education curriculum.
The most art experience I have had with creating art was probably in my four years in Student Council. We always made and assembled the float at my house, and I was always decorating hallways or making banners or signs for events. I learned how to construct a balloon arch for an assembly in the large gymnasium.
So What impact have they had in your life?
The impact teachers have had in my life has been immense. I always wanted to please them so it was easy to behave, and when they gave me praise and made the topic interesting, I loved my experience even more.
What were some of the characteristics of your favorite and least favorite teachers?
My favorite teachers were always so passionate about what they were teaching. They loved the book we were assigned to read at the time, they loved the algebraic system, they were so passionate about writing interesting and descriptive stories, and they fascinated me with how much they knew and loved about the subject they were teaching. They all used lots of visual aids that really kept my attention.
So what does that mean for you as a future teacher?
That means that my main goal as a teacher will be to be so enthusiastic and outgoing with the students. It means that I must be passionate about teaching and about the subject I'm teaching. It means I must use visuals and hands on experiments, creating different pathways in the brain to make learning connections in each child's brain.
Now What do you want/need to do in terms of you preparation to effectively teach and integrate the arts as a teacher?
I always present the best lessons when I am the best prepared. I know this will especially be true with a 6 hour day. I need to keep the attention of my students and art seems to do that with the vast majority, so what better way is there to interest them than by integrating creative arts? As I go along in school, I plan on writing lesson plan ideas in a 'master idea notebook' that I can look at later for 'excellent' ideas on how to have creative interesting lessons in my future classrooms.
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