Talk:Integrating the Arts into Education

Reflection -- Melyssa Swett (talk) 20:22, 27 April 2013 (EDT)

Ashley,

I think this unit is a great start to your project. I love the formatting and the visuals you included. I thought your objectives were clear and easy to understand. You also had a great variety of learning activities, lectures, reading material, and reflection questions. The array of material is beneficial for multiple learning styles and kept the students entertained. Personally, I liked that the vocabulary was given in bullet form. This made it easy to look back and find the specific word you were looking for. Being active in the arts myself, I thought this was a great introductory to the various forms of art. I kept it simple for students who were unfamiliar with any of the material but still included the important aspects of each field. I also thought your reflection questions did a great job at having the learner develop metacognition and discover how their learning is improving. Have you considered doing this in discussion area where the teacher could respond back to the student and answer any question?

Spelling/ Grammar Suggestions: 1) There is a spelling typo on your home page for the word integration in “Unit 1: What is Arts Integration” 2) Under the dance elements summary it says. “There are four main concepts in dance. Space, Time Force, and Body.” You could put a semi colon after the first sentence in order to avoid having any incomplete sentences. Also, should the concepts be capitalized? 3) Under dance elements bullets there should be a space between the force and parenthesis. 4) Under music elements, you could separate beat and accent on separate lines so it is easier to find the definition of accent. 5) The dance section has definition in parenthesis while the music, visual elements, and theater use a hyphen. I would try to pick one and stick to it.

Instructor feedback on your draft unit -- Jianwei Zhang (talk) 23:13, 2 May 2013 (EDT)

Your unit 1 is solid and well designed. To further refine the course,

1) you may add more information to the course overview in the front page, to highlight the significance of this topic.

2) Your unit 1 can be refined to include info about what arts integration means, on the basis of the meaning of arts.