Chapter 8 Reflection

In chapter 8 of Rethinking Curriculum in Art it discusses the importance of visual culture in the classroom. It is very important for students to see several different images and to make ideas and connect with pictures they have seen. The purpose of visual art is to provide students with a set of critical tools for the investigation of human visuality, not to transmit a specific body of information and values, said by a professor at the University of Chicago. In this chapter it also talks about how visual culture can create the idea of identity and belonging to adolescent students. Through visual art you can learn so much about different time eras and different cultures. There are four critical tools that can be used to interest students in visual culture and they are, language, travel publications, artworks, and artmaking. It is really great when students can connect art with something in their own lives. This chapter did a great job of sharing how important visual art is for your classroom and your students. I really enjoyed this chapter because I know that I definitely learned something from it!