Is there such a thing as students who are unteachable? No, I don't think so, but I believe that there are students who are very difficult to reach out to, inspire, and motivate. When I'm faced with such challenges, I would wish that I didn't have to deal with these students, and that all students were eager to learn; but, alas, this is reality.
However, once that student leaves my classroom, I feel- a little too late- that I should have done better, done more to help him or her. Again and again I learn that one curriculum does not fit all, and I'm inspired again to reform the curriculum in hopes that it would cater to different learners. When we are challenged as teachers, it is then that I grow the most professionally and learn more about different students' needs.
I wonder at times how to teach art. What do you do when a student is fixed on a specific type of art style... Do you let them stay or change? For example, so many of my students love cartoon style art, and what kid doesn't?; however, as an art teacher, do I foster just their interest or try to inspire them to value and experiment with different art style/skill. Trying to teach about proportion of the human body is trying when it comes to students who are determined that a head should be the third of a person's body. I saw these kids as being stubborn, but is it? Is it "bad" to see the world their way, and are their view of 'aesthetic' invalid because they're too young to understand "art"? These are many questions that I have about art eduction in general. Teaching art or rather, evaluating art can be so difficult because all argument is not without it's merits.
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