Creative Teaching Methods of Chinese Painting
by LAM Wing Mui
“Teaching is when a teacher teaches students in a class.” It is a quite boring definition. I have been a part-time traditional Chinese painting tutor half year. My main students are kinder garden kids and primary children and a few of students are come from secondary school. The teaching method are typical which is I say something and demonstration how to draw and they follow. After half year, I reflection my teaching experience, how can it become more creative? Then, I have a plan to try.
Video-teaching
Students can watch the variety video to learn how to paint. For example, they can watch a 30 minutes animation or movie video and fellow the instruction draw the Chinese painting step by step. The student target will be 4-9 years old.
Basic support: A teaching assistant maintain the order and play the video.
Basic tool: Chinese painting tool and a finished Chinese painting display.
Audio-teaching
Students can hear the audio to learn how to paint. For instance, student will hear a song which have a lyric to describe how to paint in detail. General speaking, it is a difficult way to learn because the students cannot see any demonstration. Therefore, the target group will be 9-15 years old.
Basic support: A teaching assistant maintain the order and play the audio.
Basic tool: Chinese painting tool and a finished Chinese painting display.
Text-teaching
Students can see a paper with instruction to learn how to paint. These instruction can be a comic or a story. In fact, it is a very difficult way to learn because the students cannot see any demonstration. Therefore, the target group will be 12-20 years old.
Basic support: A teaching assistant maintain the order and distribute the paper.
Basic tool: Chinese painting tool and a finished Chinese painting display.
Game-teaching
Student can play defferent Chinese painting game to learn how to plaint. One unique Chinese painting will be designed become a game. These games can be video game,gba game or 3D game. After student play 15-30 minutes game, they have to plaint a simular Chinese painting. This is not a normal teaching way, it is suitable for people who have a better self-displine quality. Therefore, the targets will be 8-20 years old.
Basic support: A teaching assistant maintain the order and set up the game equipment.
Basic tool: Chinese painting tool and a finished Chinese painting display.
After these experiments, I need to observe the quality of each painting and compare to the painting draw by the participant before. Therefore, I could conclude which kind of method is the best for different age group people. Moreover, after finished the project I will discover a creative way to teach traditional Chinese painting.