Group Work - 14th March 2013

This activity involved us all to work as a group and find out what we were all interested in and how a certain image shown to us give us ideas on group work. My mind was set on working in a primary school, and the area i wanted to push was textiles, as i felt there was an absence of it in the primary school art curriculum. We came up with ideas on what we would do in our environment and how we would engage people. I felt these questions were quite important, engaging people and maintaining their interest in the subject is key, if focus is lost especially in a primary school the children may start acting rowdy and distract others. Ive learnt that we need to establish their motivation and bring in new skills for them with from our own experiences.

We looked at a image above of a group of Ducklings. We were asked to say what we thought about that image and how it related to group work. Many ideas come over, which i never thought could come out of such an image. Ideas of leadership, teamwork and community were shown through that image. These ideas will help me once I'm in my environment, as i may be asked to work in a team or leading a group.