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Direct linkBuffington, Melanie L.; Williams, Amy E.; Ogier, Erika; Rouatt, Lauren – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2016
This year-long study shares a collaborative narrative inquiry project performed by four graduate students and one faculty member to understand the factors that influenced our paths to art education. We collected data by writing, analyzing, and then reflecting on stories of our experiences. Through careful analysis we identified five different hubs…
Descriptors: Art Education, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Art Teachers
Buffington, Melanie L. – Art Education, 2011
Today's applicants for art teaching positions are expected to have a professional portfolio showing examples of their students' works as well as their own. Preparing these portfolios is a common part of teacher education programs and can be excellent preparation for a job interview. Additionally, teachers who are looking into changing positions…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Job Applicants, Art Teachers, Art Education
Buffington, Melanie L. – Art Education, 2014
This article describes how art teachers can work toward changing the power dynamics in their classrooms by using a student centered approach, as demonstrated by an example lesson about contemporary painter Kehinde Wiley. As the class unpacked the idea of power prevalent in Wiley's portraits, the students gave relevant examples of how power…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Power Structure, Teacher Role
Buffington, Melanie L. – Art Education, 2010
Technological developments influence the way artists create works of art. Newer technologies associated with the Web, called Web 2.0, are changing and affecting the work of contemporary artists. One form of Web 2.0 is the development of podcasts, which are compressed files that can be shared through the Internet. Podcasts are mainstream and many…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Art Teachers, Internet
Buffington, Melanie L. – Art Education, 2007
Teaching critical thinking skills is often endorsed as a means to help students develop their abilities to navigate the complex world in which people live and, in addition, as a way to help students succeed in school. Over the past few years, this author explored the idea of teaching critical thinking using the World Wide Web (WWW). She began…
Descriptors: Internet, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Academic Achievement
Buffington, Melanie L. – Computers in the Schools, 2008
Web 2.0 has the potential to dramatically affect educational practices in a variety of ways. Within the field of art education, students and teachers can utilize Web 2.0 to further student understanding and art-making. The potential for students to create the Web is an aspect of Web 2.0 that is particularly well suited for an art classroom.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Practices, Internet, Art Activities
