The Theory Of Child Development

It is important for children to be able to practise and experiment with different techniques and materials as it helps children to develop control, confidence and technique ; pupils should be taught to ‘improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials’ (DfE, 2013, p 177).

There needs to be an understanding to the strength and diversity art can offer additional subjects. Developing the skills to observe and learn to comprehend is valuable to not only art but all academic classes.

The content in chapter five Creating Art introduced appropriate activities and concepts to introduce art to young learners. The chapter outlines various topics such as sensory experiences, drawing, painting, print making, fiber art, and collages. These topics attempt to demonstrate ways young learners can create art inside the classroom. Isbell and Raines (2012) suggest that teachers should “demonstrate her respect for children’s ways of learning when she provides open ended materials such as clay, paint, and a variety of tools,” (p. 141). In addition to the artistic materials, the chapter encourages teacher to utilize photography, sewing, technology, and group activities. As an educator, it is imperative to provide young learners with a wide

The construction of a matrix for the learning journey of a lower school student from year seven through towards year eight is complex and should be diverse. I will be discussing the considerations and why we have made our decisions as a group throughout the matrix, before narrowing down on my focus to the one year exploration of visual arts for a year nine. Considerations for its construction include the influence of learning (specifically learning theories), creativity, teaching and learning processes, and assessment. It is important to note that what students can do at the beginning of this journey in comparison to what that can do at their completion of this pathway should be vastly improved upon.

The Birth to Kindergarten Curriculum course prepares students to develop and implement curriculums that are developmentally appropriate for children of various age groups. Students enrolled in the course will develop lesson plans and unit plans for children ranging from infancy until third grade. According to the Birth to Kindergarten curriculum young learners should be exposed to a variety of fine arts which includes music, movement and dramatic play. Various times I have observed teacher candidates in various educational settings neglecting to address Fine Arts. Students are not experiencing quality instruction with the integration of music and movement, dramatic play and art history which can ultimately impact their success in future

history is linked as there are many famous artists from numerous years ago meaning art has helped to create history. SEND children benefit greatly from art and design as it is a way of getting creative and expressing themselves. In key stage 1 children should be taught to use different materials, draw and paint, develop techniques and be familiar with artists where as in key stage 2 pupils should create a sketch book, use a wider variety of art supplies, and know more about great artists architects and

It has a contribution to a child’s development because it makes an experience for the child to understand the world around them in a visual form. This visual education deals with an aspect of humanity that no other subject can touch on. There are many developmental skills of art such as motor skills, decision making and visual awareness. It’s also beneficial for young children in the long run because “throughout the centuries art has been practiced to articulate, refine and give expression to our visual sense” (Barnes, 2015). When using enquiry based learning in art, as teachers we must consider how we can teach art practically and visually to children rather than us speaking and them taking notes on what we say. “In this view of how children learn art, the role of the teacher would be to provide contexts and materials and allow children to create art in response to their own ideas and interests” (Edwards, 2013). One indicator of enquiry is that children are able to investigate objects and materials by using all their appropriate senses and being supported by high quality resources. By the teacher providing information and materials, the children would

To create art takes a lot of planning with the mixing of colors and shapes of different sizes. Children will learn decision-making, and will learn from their mistakes when something does not turn out as they plan. (Mincemoyer.)

Through art a child can better understand the relationship between things they see and experience and their reactions to them. Art for students between the ages of eight and eleven offers early opportunity of self-expression. This is crucial because If we could not creatively express ourselves, we would not be able to make a good connection with who we really are and the rest of the world around us. Conant stated that expressing experiences through art is a way of expressing more complex ideas and reactions than can be expressed through words. This means a child can understand things more fully when put into two or three-dimensional art work. At this age I remember experimenting with different tools and materials to create art that was personal to me. My drawings usually represented the area I lived in and all my animals I observed. Through my drawings I was able to connect with nature and express the joy and love I had for living in the mountains. These are experiences I will never forget.

In the United States learning is based off of common core, this stresses the importance of math and reading, The reason this relates to the importance of teaching children art, is the fact that being creative is key when it comes to a child learning. So how critical can painting and drawing be for the expansion of a child’s mind?

Early childhood environments should set out to provide children with the freedom to express and respond freely. The more children are given opportunities to recreate things they see in their everyday lives, the more they can create their own meaning and understanding of the world around them. Hyun (1998) believes that educators should teach and learn in environments which require in-depth reflection on their own lives and values. I feel this can connect with the way an educator values art with in the learning environment. By having your own personal understanding, values and connection with art and its impact on your own life, can help in allowing the flow of artistic creativity in your teaching practices. If you are open to the world of art in the form of experiences, discussion and critiquing, then you can pass this enthusiasm towards art onto your learners. Teaching pedagogies which take a more hands on approach to art

Art education should be required in public school because art learning skills starts out when a child is young and it progress as they get older. It benefits motor skills, language development, decision making, and visual learning. In June of 2012 Grace Hwang Lynch wrote an article in the education section in web site PBS.org “The importance of art in Child Development” she stresses about the many benefit of arts for child development. She explained the concept of motor skills by the National Institutes of Health, There can be many different motion from drawing to using a scissor to cutting a straight line. She implicates that children developments emphasize on prepare a child for the dexterity for writing (Lynch). I agreed with Lynch, because

This is because I am always intrigued to learn new and effective methods to better my student’s cognitive abilities in the classroom. I believe that a lot of today’s methods have teachers explaining and providing direction for the majority of assignments, which leaves students with limited time to actually perform the actual assignment and provide them limited leeway to make the assignment individual to them. The author's ideas help support my own personal ideas by demonstrating the importance of having non-direction-based learning. I believe that students need minimum instruction to be successful in the classroom setting. Art is one of the opportunities in the classroom that allow students to sort of make their own assignments and make their own piece of work, with this in mind, having teachers give numerous directions hinders children’s creative

According to Piaget, there are four major stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operations, and stage of formal operations (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014). All children go through the stages in a sequence and in order to get to the next stage they cannot skip a stage (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014). That is because, "… each successive stage builds on the accomplishments of previous stages" (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014).

According to Belden and Fessard (2001), “instruction in the arts is one of the best ways in which to involve the different modes of learning; through art, children learn complex thinking skills and master developments tasks.” Art educators strongly believe that integrating art into the classroom can be constructive and beneficial to students. Integrating art into the classroom keeps students motivated and focused. According to Lindemann, “making art that is tied to a lesson in another subject area provides an opportunity to commit those lessons to memory and encourage a deeper understanding of other concepts”. ( art for social and emotional child development at a preschool age) Learning by integrating artistic content into the core of the schools curriculum such a math and literacy is a stronger motivation than teaching the subject alone.