Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

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Do not jump to the conclusion.
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Feedback given by the teacher needs to be precise, so that the child clearly
understand.
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There should not be a judgement regarding ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’.
5.2.4 HOW TO COMMUNICATE EVALUATION
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Children do a lot of art work and performances over a period of time. If a
teacher keeps information, evidences and records of all activities in a proper
way, he/she can convey the feedback to the child and parent time to time.
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Teacher provides this feedback to make
them aware of their strength and weakness
regarding arts. What part they need to
work on in the future. The comments
should be the motivating for children
rather than the competition and reward.
It will be better to communicate in 
report
cards
in a qualitative manner. There can
be a reflection card with simple and lucid
statements in which the teacher ’s
observations can be given.
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Evaluation should be flexible at this level and children must feel the value
because they learn better when they are not being criticized. However the
feedback needs to be precise for a child’s proper understanding in the areas
that need his/her attention and improvement.
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Another way to communicate the feedback is to organize a small exhibition
within the school once in every 3-4 month, where the visual arts works of
children can be displayed for other children and parents. Also some cultural
performance can be done for the benefit of children and student both.
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Teacher should gather information through peer evaluation for records and
later on it can be helpful in the annual report card.
Here are some examples, how a teacher communicated the assessment to a child.
Example 1
A teacher displayed some of the child’s drawing on a display board and asked
him to respond to it. She asked some question