Form and Function
Readings:
Hubbard & Power - Chapter 2 - Form and Function
Gonzalez – Chapter 2 – Beyond Culture & Chapter 3 – F/K for Teaching
Class Presentation
Darden Bradshaw
Art Makes Us See: Critical Visual Literacy in the Classroom
Elliot Eisner – Art and the Creation of the Mind
Tensions in the Classroom –
Art is being removed from the classroom and curriculum
Bullying is on the increase (middle school peaks)
Education as black and white instead of multifaceted and interconnected
Through my eyes…Aware of her perspective
o Her education
o Queer
o Parent
o School Culture
o Null curriculum
Question
How can I help students to see…?
How might critical visual literacy education learn …?
My investigation
3 lessons
o Art History (Western Art and Islamic Art)
o Stories of Muslim Rescuers of the Holocaust
o The Grand Mosque of Paris
by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix
Where and Whom
Describe the location and subjects
Data Collection
o Pre-question and post questions
§ Random sample and same students took both
§ 3 questions/3 questions
o Observations and Reflections
o Artwork (small group)
o Interview about their perceptions of the lessons
What I found…
Rich forum for students
Knew little about topic
Parallels between two religions
Funds of knowledge
Student engagement grew
Comments that students made…
Reading the Word in the World- Kathy Short
Quest for the Question
Fostering Meaning
Categorize the questions.
Is there a theme in each category?
Narrow your focus for your research questions
Look at your questions and find the themes that emerge.
Ask yourself:
What do we want to figure out?
What do we want to know?
What do we want to know about student learning in this situation or context
What do we want to analyze?
4 Core Teacher Research Principles
Identify real questions
Avoid Yes/No
Eliminate jargon
Identify value-laden words or phases (values shared should emerge form the study).
Readings:
Hubbard & Power - Chapter 2 - Form and Function
Gonzalez – Chapter 2 – Beyond Culture & Chapter 3 – F/K for Teaching
Class Presentation
Darden Bradshaw
Art Makes Us See: Critical Visual Literacy in the Classroom
Elliot Eisner – Art and the Creation of the Mind
Tensions in the Classroom –
Art is being removed from the classroom and curriculum
Bullying is on the increase (middle school peaks)
Education as black and white instead of multifaceted and interconnected
Through my eyes…Aware of her perspective
o Her education
o Queer
o Parent
o School Culture
o Null curriculum
Question
How can I help students to see…?
How might critical visual literacy education learn …?
My investigation
3 lessons
o Art History (Western Art and Islamic Art)
o Stories of Muslim Rescuers of the Holocaust
o The Grand Mosque of Paris
by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix
Where and Whom
Describe the location and subjects
Data Collection
o Pre-question and post questions
§ Random sample and same students took both
§ 3 questions/3 questions
o Observations and Reflections
o Artwork (small group)
o Interview about their perceptions of the lessons
What I found…
Rich forum for students
Knew little about topic
Parallels between two religions
Funds of knowledge
Student engagement grew
Comments that students made…
Reading the Word in the World- Kathy Short
Quest for the Question
Fostering Meaning
Categorize the questions.
Is there a theme in each category?
Narrow your focus for your research questions
Look at your questions and find the themes that emerge.
Ask yourself:
What do we want to figure out?
What do we want to know?
What do we want to know about student learning in this situation or context
What do we want to analyze?
4 Core Teacher Research Principles
Identify real questions
Avoid Yes/No
Eliminate jargon
Identify value-laden words or phases (values shared should emerge form the study).
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