Assessment in Art (jan 27)

Why do we assess learning in art? How can learning to self-assess in art transfer to other subject areas? Life endeavors?

The general way teachers asses students in art is through the art’s aesthetics. I suppose this is an easier way of assessment because media competency is a key to creating. Also people tend to favour art when the work is aesthetically pleasing. Sometimes it is difficult to move away from value judgements like this. Another way people asses art is how well they communicate their concept. Art is a visual language which makes sense to asses a student on the how effective their work is when communicating their idea.

Because art penetrates throughout all of the other subjects, learning to asses other subjects from an art perspective should be fairly similar. For example, when building a model or a diagram for a class, elements of design must be incorporated in their work if they want it to be aesthetically pleasing. This diagram also communicates an idea. In this case, it must be able to convey this concept.

People are social beings. We create relationships with other and we learn from experience. Because we are social being this means that we must be able to convey ourselves effectively when communicating with others. In relation to aesthetics, our society works through roles that we play and how we show ourselves to others. Aesthetics in our life is how we present our self, which also follow the concept of who we are. This presentation does not have to be limited to material good and clothes, but also body language.