Wilson Othersen

CLASS

SROOM

WILSON OTHERSEN SENIOR CAP PSTONE PROF. MANDY WOLTJER

Today's high school classroom is a space that holds and teaches creative minds, but the space itself lacks its own expression. The classroom should be envisioned as a place that functions in multiple modes depending on the lesson being taught or the learning style that best represents the student. This can be done in an artful way by thinking of the lessons art teaches students in its own, collaborating, creative thinking, making, and freely expressing. These lessons are the motives of what a classroom should have to engage students more and change the narrative of future learning environments.

BS T A C .

HOW DO YOU KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED?

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE STUDENT AND TEACHER WELL-BEING?

RE E A C

ES AR CH.

HOW CAN THE PROCESS OF MAKING BE TRANSLATED INTO THE CLASSROOOM?

ART IMPACTING SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS

HIGHER TEST SCORES

HIGHER GRADE POINT AVERAGE

MORE LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE

MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

MORE ACADEMICALLY ENGAGED

HIGHER GRADUATION RATE

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

COURSEPUBLIC SCHOOLSCATHOLIC

NON-CATHOLIC

ANY ARTS COURSE ANY VISUAL ARTS COURSE ANY MUSIC COURSE ANY THEATER COURSE ANY DANCE COURSE 88% 86% 78% 48% 18% 83% 83% 80% 45% 21% 57% 49% 57% 37% 6% COURSECITYSUBURBTOWN ANY ARTS COURSE ANY VISUAL ARTS COURSE ANY MUSIC COURSE ANY THEATER COURSE ANY DANCE COURSE 78% 77% 72% 57% 33% 90% 90% 87% 65% 33% 90% 90% 86% 54% 10% 91% 86% 74% 36% 9% RURAL

STUDENTS

GPA OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS(2015) 2.55 2.84 2.94 4.0 SCALE LOW ARTS, LOW SES OVERALL HIGH ARTS, LOW SES

MEAN

WHO PARTICIPATED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES(2014) INTERMURAL SPORTS INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY SCHOOL YEARBOOK NO EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION LOW SES LOW ARTSHIGH ARTS HIGH SES LOW ARTSHIGH ARTS 11%20%21%22% 23%31%55%37% 7%17%34%47% 7%20%12%19% 50%24%24%5%

BROWSER STACK OFFICE

RIAB JAMES TURRELL

PRO POS ING.

The process of making or creating art should be utilized in curriculum and design, in order to improve student health, communicative skills, creative thinking, engagement, and personal expression. This can be done by designing space for students that encourges collaboration, making, flexibility, and caters to the students learning style.

EXI STI NG.

The current focus in high school education surrounds curriculum and methods to improve test scores. The treatment of space within schools lack creativity and have become outdated from today’s growing technological needs. Students can become unengaged, suffer academically, mentally, and socially because of the wrong teaching method or isolating learning environment.