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Work Experience: Art Assistant

Observing Art Lessons

Monday, 2nd February 2009                Year 8               Period 3                Ms Holden                 T1

After the pupils entered the classroom, Ms Holden stood up in the front and asked for ‘nice’ and ‘quite’ with a low but with authority voice. She waited until everyone was settled down, and then made the register. She had previously prepared with what the pupils would use in the lesson and their work.

The task of this lesson was a continuation of the last one, which was drawing natural shapes and colouring with water colours. For a starter so that the students could remember of what they were doing, Ms asked some questions about the topic. The class was very silent at that time.

She explained that the pupils that wanted to use squeeze paint should take a pilot and place on their tables, and she would fill it with some colours. She also showed examples on the walls that those who were stuck could have a look at, and explained what should be done by the end of the lesson.

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After that, she walked around the room looking at the paintings giving tips and ideas to their work. The noise level is very low; apparently everyone is sat down doing their work. Ms keeps looking around for those who are struggling, and helps them sometimes individually sometimes by talking to the whole class.

She encourages the pupils to keep going with positive comments. When some student asks something, Ms Holden not always says the answer right away. She usually lets the student think about it themselves leading them to the right idea. She does that as well when she asks ...

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