Table of Contents
Foreword Christine Marmé Thompson xi
Acknowledgments xv
Part I Teaching for Artistic Behavior Practices
1 Defining Teaching for Artistic Behavior 3
The Three-Sentence Curriculum 4
The Spirit of Teaching for Artistic Behavior 8
2 Curriculum 9
The Three-Sentence Curriculum 10
Expanding the Three-Sentence Curriculum 12
Additional Factors for Planning Curriculum 16
Emergent Curriculum 17
What Is Your Planning Process? 18
Sidebar 2.1 How TAB Teachers Plan Curriculum 19
3 How to Structure the Class 30
Behave Like an Artist 30
Instructional Sequences 32
Sidebar 3.1 Crowe's Theory of Everything 34
Teacher Reflection 40
Sidebar 3.2 The Feedback Loop 41
4 The Learning Environment 42
Room Arrangement 42
Sidebar 4.1 Room Arrangement Considerations 43
Anatomy of a Studio Center 44
Challenges to the Learning Environment 46
Beyond the Classroom 48
Sidebar 4.2: Alternative Learning Environments 48
5 Ideas 50
Discovering Content Through Exploration 51
Demos About Ideation 52
Challenges to Ideation 54
Integration with Classroom Curricula 55
The Child Is the Artist 56
6 Quality 57
Motivation 58
Sidebar 6.1 Play/Care 59
Questions About Quality 60
The Language of Studio Thinking 63
Going Deeper with Quality 64
Sidebar 6.2 The Magical Dolphin 64
Learning About Quality Through Art Conversations 66
Sidebar 6.3 Wonderful Original Work 67
7 Assessment for TAB Art Programs 69
Purposes for Assessment 70
Sources of Assessment Information 71
Self-Assessment 75
Teacher Reflection Through Assessment 77
8 Exhibition 78
The Why and How of Exhibition 78
Further Benefits of Exhibition 81
9 Advocacy 83
Sidebar 9.1 Ten Benefits of a Choice-Based Art Program Elementary and Middle Schools 83
Advocating for TAB 84
Sidebar 9.2 Talking with Your Administrator About Choice-Based Art 85
Visibility 86
Part II Studio Centers
10 Drawing 91
The Drawing Center: Materials, Resources, and Management 92
Early Activities at the Drawing Center 93
Drawing Concepts, Conventions, and Genres 95
Going Deeper with Drawing 96
11 Painting 99
The Painting Center 99
Early Activities at the Painting Center 101
Painting Techniques 103
Going Deeper with Painting 104
12 Moving Into Three Dimensions 107
The Collage and Paper Sculpture Center 107
The 3D Design Center 109
Early Activities at the 3D Design Center 112
Sidebar 12.1 On Toilet Paper Tubes, Scotch Tape, and Strawberry Baskets 113
The Sculpture Center 116
Media for Sculpture 116
Storage and Completion of 3D Artwork 117
13 More Media Centers 118
Printmaking 118
Printmaking Centers 118
Going Deeper with Printmaking 119
Clay Center 121
Going Deeper with Clay 123
Fiber Arts Center 124
Digital Arts 127
Sidebar 13.1 Real Interactions with Media 129
14 Small and Ephemeral Centers 131
The Paper Arts Center 131
Characters 133
Architecture 135
Ephemeral Centers 135
Sidebar 14.1 Architecture Center Menu 135
15 Looking Ahead 137
Regional TAB Groups and Events 138
Appendix A Lesson Plans 141
Appendix B Assessments 151
References 159
Index 163
About the Authors 173
