The most important part of my cultural classroom is learning to express themselves freely. I want them to not be worried what their final project looks like compared to others. I want to teach them that it is ok if their project does not look like the example. The best thing about art is that there is no right answer.
Thursday, October 6
Module 10 post 2
In my future art class I will have to be aware that each child's cultural background is different. I will take in consideration that not all children might know English so it will be important for me to know ways on how to teach those children. I also have to be aware of students with different religious backgrounds. When doing projects associated around wintertime, I can't focus it around Christmas. If there are students who do not celebrate Christmas, then I could see if they would like to share what they do celebrate and have them teach it to the rest of the class. When doing art I can always use student's cultural backgrounds as a way to tie that in to the lessons. That way the other students can learn more about that particular background and learn to be more accepting of other cultures.
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I totally agree with the fact that not all children may speak English well and might not all come from the same religious backgrounds, and I actually focused on those two when writing my post about teaching a music class, especially a choir. The students of different religions wouldn't feel comfortable singing music based from the Christian church. And there would be a significant population of Spanish people in every school in America, obviously, so it's important to make sure they stay up to par on what's happening in the classroom. I also agree that it's important to tell them that it's ok to make mistakes, because that's what all art classes are about, including music. As long as they are trying their best and learning new skills, that's pretty much all that matters in these classes.
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