PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
My
goal, as an artist and as an art educator is to inspire others,
especially children, to use their imagination with their creativity. I
believe imagination is a unique way for each human being to see life
from a variety of perspectives. I also believe that creativity inspires a
change in point of view for the individual and for others who see the
product of creativity.
Goals for My Art Classroom
- I believe students, who have art in their school years, gain their personal confidence through the environment that art studios offer them. Art rooms are one of the places where students have opportunities to explore ideas and creatively problem solve in a safe and nurturing environment.
- My goal in my classroom is to have an open door to every possible opinion to be expressed and for different experiences to occur. My aim is building a connection between students’ experiences with their real life.
- I believe process of art making challenges students to go beyond what they know, and make relations with interdisciplinary classes by improving students’ ability to solve problems.
- My aim is provide students' abilities to be creative and using these abilities in solving daily problems whether small or large. Even if students do not aim to become professional artists, understanding and appreciation of art will enable them to be aware of what is going on.
- I believe that opening students to new ways of seeing things around them will allow them to understand that there is more than one way of reaching a goal. This knowledge will inspire diverse thinking. I also believe it will keep them wanting to learn more.
- My goal is enrich my classroom by universal thoughts, multiple cultures, and diverse beliefs. Also engaging students with universal varieties and backgrounds through the process of art making and discussions about art, art history, and visual culture.
- I believe in a studio where students can learn through the manipulations of materials by explorations. Ways of expression by peer sharing, mistake free environment so that students learn from their mistakes and build their own ‘art’ language to communicate.
- As an art teacher I aim to challenge my students and be challenged by them develop, and grow together in our artistic language.
