DELIVERING INDIVIDUAL MICRO TEACHING SESSION

MY MICRO TEACHING SESSION AND PARTICIPATING IN OTHER SESSIONS

I did my micro teaching session on paper cutting art which is what I am working on in my practical in Fine Art. I planned to tell the students in the workshop about where paper cutting art came from, learn the rule of it and finally cut out a paper cut of geometrical shapes. 

(Image above) Shots of the powerpoint presentation I made for the session.

Even though I had made a presentation for this session on the day because I had arrived a few minutes late I wasn't able to check it before I started and so when I came to use it the font had changed due to it not being a common font and all the words were everywhere and so it made it quite difficult to talk about the things I had put on the presentation. Although the presentation didn't quite work out as well as I wanted the rest of the task went quite well the practical side was appreciated and to an extent achieved. 

(Image above) One of the students of Unit X in the process of cutting into the template provided. Photograph taken by Kristian Bird.

While planning for the session I realised I forgot to fill out a lesson plan and this was a major point that I had missed and I feel this may have caused confusion with the students. 

(Images above) Making all the cutouts by hand and making list of what is to be included/done.

(Images above) A few feedback forms filled out by the participants.

Other Sessions

This session also gave us unit X students learn more about each others practice. We all participated in each others sessions and made art related to each others disciplines. 

(Images above) What I had made in the sessions and group work we all did. Photographs taken by Kristian Bird.

During this session I learnt a lot of things about hosting a teaching session. This session didn't go exactly as I had planned it although the learning outcomes were met to some extent I definitely feel as though if I prepared a little more the outcome would have been more better. Having said this if I were to do this workshop again I would really consider firstly getting to the place on time, having a pre made lesson plan, checking if the presentation is running well and also most importantly I would rehearse a lot more before the actual session. After reading some of the feedback I realised if I did plan a little more I would have been able to achieve what I initially planned. But this session has made me become more aware of these pointers for next time. Also, it was also very informative as we were able to find out a lot more about our work out of unit X. I really enjoyed this time to try out different types of art making.