November 2014

Second Week of Short Practicum, Nov. 5th, 2014. Parvin Peivandi

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Nov. 5th 2014   Parvin Peivandi

Second week of short practicum

Second week of my practicum went well. I have observed 7 other classes, I have taught and received feedback and I could know my students. I enjoy my time at school while some students say hi to me in the hallways and I see how are relations is growing. My next inquiry will be how can we improve the motivation in both students and teachers? Observing the other classes, I could see the challenges in teaching, learning process in the classrooms and how different teachers approach their students. Now, I can see the difference between art class and other classes, which make me, feel that I am in the right track.

I am full of curiosity, excitement and eagerness to learn and to develop my ideas in the form of lesson plans for my students. My SA’s support and respect, has made me more confident in my presentation. This week, we had useful conversations about contemporary arts and teaching new media in the classroom. I make a conclusion that as artists and teachers, we have this opportunity to fuel our energy and creativity by doing research and demos. At the end of this week, I have a better perspective about teaching art in public high schools and I feel more pleasure to work with the students. I look forward for the long practicum to tailor my lesson plans for these students and experience joy and excitement with them.

first week of short practicum, Oct 29th

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Oct 29th, first week of practicum, Parvin Peivandi

This week, I learned a lot by observing my teacher’s methodology and also observing the students in different art classes. Observation for me was not only practice of looking, but also listening to my inner voice, finding the passion which was silently there and waiting to emerge.

I feel art classroom has a lot for me to reflect, to inquire and apply what I have learned as an artist and teacher in my life and art class is a place in which I can find a meeting point between my curiosity for learning and my compassion toward others. I was melting in the art class in a way that I did not want to visit other classes; moments were frozen for me that even I had forgotten my inquiry question about multiculturalism for a while. I realized that great teachers like my SA, have a huge impact on the students. They can improve the students’ motivation toward learning and increase the sense of respect and understanding amongst them. I got the answer to my inquiry question when I saw my SA one time was wearing a t-shirt with calligraphy of a specific culture. That was the meaning of international mindedness for me, bringing the sense of respect and understanding for all. That was the reason why the students and I were feeling great in the class. Mr. Sinclair respected all the people in the class equally and supported our learning in different ways. I am eager to learn more from him.