What does “Culture as Commons” mean to me? That culture is accessible to every individual no matter gender, race, or socioeconomic standing. As a teacher it is my responsibility to our society to nurture my students cultural understandings. It is also something I am becoming more knowledgeable of as I continuing these graduate classes. That my view on how to facilitate that nurturing is becoming broadened.
Their was one particular reading that really got me in the “feels” this week, even though I found that the readings interconnected wonderfully. It actually was my first reading of week 2 that I did because of something Dr. Sutton said in her “Week 2 Democracy and Collaboration Video”. It was something that prompted me to start with the Articles and by bullet point default it was “Dismantling a Master Narrative” by Joni Boyd Acuff, 2012, Using Culturally responsive Pedagogy to Teach the History of Art Education. This article was wonderfully written and I found myself branching off with so many reflective questions to my own teaching practices. To start, her article had me thinking back to my own history education experience and to say the least it was extremely underwhelming in High School... What stands out the most was being lectured at in my high school history classes and maybe an Artist example shown here and there in art class. I really do think that I did not understand the historic timeline properly until I was placed in my first Art History class. There was something about seeing the images of what cultures were creating that then helped my understanding of our world's history. I still flip back to sections in my “Gardner's Art through the Ages” from time to time. What started spinning in my head next though is the thought, I am NOT providing enough diverse cultures in my classroom! Acuff (2012) writes “As a student, learning about the History of Art Education was always uncomfortable. It wasn't that I believed the information was invaluable or irrelevant, but as a Black woman, I simply felt alone, isolated, and outside of the conversation.“ (pp 7) I do not want any of my students feeling this way… I need to update some of my lessons immediately! This thought has been following me all week and I had a fantastic surprise this morning when I walked into my Elementary School Library today and right on the end of the book shelf was the book “Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave”. Now I need to investigate the best way to incorporate that story to my teaching. I also would like to say that I want to incorporate artist from all cultures but I feel that I need to first focus on providing examples of cultures of my schools demographics. I highly recommend Acuff's article to anyone who reads this blog and that wants to facilitate in dismantling the "Master Narrative".
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