For my project I would like to learn more about children with behavioral issues. With my job this summer I feel like it would benefit me to learn to deal with children with in the most efficient and fair way. It want to better my understanding some of the children I work with. Basically, with this project I want to kill two birds with one stone. I really want to do something with this issue because I am really interested in it, and it would benefit me to learn more about it.
Research: I would like to research some of the most common behavioral issues found in adolescents and teens. I have already been searching for some books on the issue.
Writing: I want to write a short story through the eyes of a child with a behavioral issue. I think in doing that I will force myself to think like the children I am working with and therefore gain a better understanding of how to deal with those kids.
Class Connection: I do think of the children that I work with wild in some aspects. Not thinking before hitting, yelling, or doing something irrational is a part of human nature. One has to learn to get along with others. It's a part of human nature to act before thinking.
Any suggestions or critiques?
3 comments:
i have a friend who teaches and works with kids who have behavior issues,
if you are interested.
Amanda,
I think we can come up with something that'll satisfy all parties here, but I don't think it's going to be quite as practical as you're trying to make it.
I'll get back later tonight with the actual assignment.
Matt
Amanda,
Okay, so I've been thinking about this.
Here's your assignment:
1) Read Rene Ricard's "The Radiant Child": http://artforum.com/10203040/ord=1&id=1923 about 80's artist Jean Michel Basquiat.
2) Then take a take a hard look at Basquiat's work.
Many people have called his work both "childlike" and "poetic"--not to mention "primitive"--but what do these labels mean? And furthermore, in what ways might Basquiat's work be considered radiant? How are his works examples of wildness, wilderness, and bewilderment?
3) Write a 5-6 page paper about Basquiat and his work, paying special attention to its "childlike" qualities. Pick a couple of his pieces to describe, analyze and interpret as examples of what you're talking about.
Then 4) develop a "lesson plan" for teaching children about Basquiat that gets them to tune into, and artistically channel, their "wild" sides in the style of Basquiat. This lesson plan should contain: content, goals, learner outcomes and a project that can be done with children, who are around the age of your Summer Camp campers.
Include examples of work you produce by following your lesson plan.
Good luck. Have fun.
Matt
PS There are lots of books of Basquiat's work, and these contain essays about him. Also, you should be able to find many articles on him using the library research databases In addition, Julian Schnabel made a movie called Basquiat in the 90s, which may also be of some help (though beware: it's a fairly romanticized version of the facts). Come to think of it, however, the idea of the children as these wildly creative, radiant little primitives is also a sort of romanticism.
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