personal connections

Reflection # 1

Ideally, I want you to use reflection assignments to write about your opinions, personal connections, and new ideas that you have formed in response to the assigned readings. At some point in the semester, I will likely stop giving you suggestions on what you might write about . . . and instead you will just write. Never feel obligated to respond to every single reading for the week; you can just respond to the parts that most caught your interest. However, your connections to the reading should be clear and I should be able to tell that you did complete the readings, rather than just providing a random meandering response.

Since this is our first reflection and some of you may want a little more direction, your reflection could refer to (but is not limited to) one of the following topics addressed within our readings:

1) Eisner’s reading on “Visions and Versions of Art Education” introduces you to a variety of contemporary curricular approaches in art education. Thinking back on your own experiences as a student, which visions and versions do you think you were taught by your art teachers? Why? What was your opinion of these approaches? (If you, yourself, have taught art, what approaches did you use? What was your opinion?)

OR

Which visions and versions of art education seem to match up best with your chosen track as a graduate student at a university? (either art therapy, arts administration, or art education)? Why?

OR

Which visions and versions of art education do you think are best? Why?