Integrating other subjects into an art lesson plan helps to reinforce what was learned in the other subject. An example of this could be for English. When reading a poem in class have the students illustrate what that poem meant or the images they thought of while listening to the poem. You could also teach about abstract art and have them create an abstract image to the poem. Incorporating both teaches them to think abstractly and also reinforces the meaning of the poem using the psychomotor domain. "Moving our bodies and using our other senses can stimulate learning in all subjects, including art production and stimulation." (reference 1)
"The students are not truly expected to be capable of creating their own ideas or the teacher doesn't want to explain it well enough or take the time to have students do practice of preliminary planning and learning. Instead the lesson depends on the natural ability of children to learn by imitation."(reference 2). I disagree with this statement. I think that examples can be helpful when demonstration a new art project. This will help visual learners and help the teacher show the students exactly what is expected of the student. Although I agree that the examples should be shown in a way that does not diminish the students creativity, I personally like to see examples of the type of project that I am doing so that I can see what I need to do to have a successful art piece. Showing examples of good and bad projects can be helpful as well as showing examples of "famous masterpieces." Showing these types of examples also helps the students have a brief lesson in art history. "When you take away the example art at the beginning of the lesson, it is important to replace it with better motivational activities so children know how you expect them to proceed. Take time to assign some practice work. Build confidence. Teach art history after media work. Select art history based on elements, style, ideas, creative methods, etc. covered in media work." (reference 2).
"The first thing to consider, obviously, is what you want to teach. This should be developed based upon your state (or school) standards."(reference 3). I think that incorporating the state standards or rainbow chart is very important when creating a quality lesson plan. This helps the teacher evaluate where a student should be in their learning. This also helps teacher know what the students need to know when moving to the next grade. The teacher can then prepare them for what is expected of them in the next grade.
A good lesson plan need a way to be evaluated. Defined goals help the teacher assess whether the students were able to understand the project. Defining the goals before the project is given helps the student know what is expected of them and helps the teacher construct the lesson plan to ensure that the students will reach the desired objectives. "Although art teachers need to value spontaneous creativity, defined objectives are also important, both to meet standards and to provide clarity for assessing student performance. Educators emphasis the importance of expectancy the need to inform learners in advance about the objectives of any task they are asked to perform. This idea is also referred to backward design of curriculum. If you begin planning a lesson by articulating what students will be able to do at the end you can ensure that all the steps build towards these learning outcomes." ( reference 1).
(3) Clements, R. (2009). Art Emphasis (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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