Student Teaching Blog #9

Problem solving and critical thinking are taught in many ways through art. Translating ideas into two and three dimensional pieces of work challenge students to improvise and adapt new techniques to illustrate their thoughts and perspectives. Lots of problem solving skills are called upon with the wide range of media that art making requires. The process that art making is carried out is developed through problem solving. Certain steps are executed before others for key reasons. I have tried to influence students to use critical thinking by connecting art to out contemporary culture and asking them to question things in their surroundings.