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BIG IDEA: PLAY 1

Big Idea: Play-Synthesis and Adaptation


Carrie Ann Duffek Castanon
When first starting this unit, I thought of the word play, and what it meant to me. I saw

my kids in my mind, and how they physically play either at school, or with each other. After our

class readings, I have realized that the term play means so much more. According to Douglas

and Jaqueth (2009), choice based learning is where the student is the artist. Students have the

freedom to access whatever materials, subject matter, and process they wish to make their art

with. In the different forms of this teaching method, the authors stress how important methods

such as experimentation, scribbling, and discovery learning are. It is emphasized that these forms

of play are vital to the student when it comes to enhancing their creative thinking. This choice

based approach in the classroom, is not the easiest for teachers, because they are going above and

beyond a structured lesson plan where everyone does the same thing. While I believe this may be

more challenging for teachers, I believe it would be the most effective for students. According to

Freyermuth (2012), in this environment, the students become the teachers and the teachers

become the students. The students would be able to study things that are directly related to their

lives, which gives it more personal meaning to them. This is where teachers would need to be

well versed in the overall subject that they are teaching, so that they are most helpful when

students have questions about the different things they are learning about on their own.

I absolutely love this method of teaching, and would like to try my best in my classroom

to have it this way. I would ensure that my students have access to an abundance of different

resources (ex: magazines, newspapers, craft items, art supplies, and so on) that could be obtained

through donations, district allotments, or through myself personally. With budget cuts, and art

being one of the first things to go, I could see how as a teacher, it would be challenging

depending on yourself, and the community through donations to make sure you are able to

provide your classroom with the tools needed to have a successful choice based setting.
BIG IDEA: PLAY 2

References

Douglas, K.M., & Jaquith, D.B. (2009). Engaging learners through artmaking: Choice based art
education in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Freyermuth, V.K. (2012). One art teachers search for a holitic approach. In L. H. Campbell &
S. Simmons III (Eds.), The heart of education: Holistic approaches (pp. 266-269).
Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

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