Standards, CFQs, and 21st Century Skills

This module has helped me think about using standards, CFQs, or 21st-century skills in the following ways...

 I learned a lot about standards, CFQs, and 21st Century Skills in this module. As a high school Art teacher, sometimes current 9-12 Art Education standards can be difficult to implement because they are designed for students who have taken art before in middle or elementary school. Most, if not all of my students, have never taken an art class before. New Art standards were created last year with multiple levels: novice, intermediate, accomplished, and advanced. The new standards are much easier to work with in a diverse classroom. I started to think about those standards and how I can engage my students in a meaningful and purposeful way. I want my students to value art and engaging them with curriculum-framing questions and 21st century skills is a great place to start. Curriculum-framing questions were difficult for me to apply to art at first, but I started to think about what I want my students to learn and why it is important for them to learn it. The brainstorming chart was helpful in my planning of these questions and breaking down essential skills I want them to learn from the Elements of Art unit I am working on during this class. I realized that Art class can be a great way to support 21st Century Framework Skills and the 4C's - creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. Students can create their own artwork, understand more how images can communicate, think critically about their art and collaborate with other students on their projects. I will start to implement these skills in my classroom next year. I think it will shed light on how important art can be and that art class is not always about painting and drawing.

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