Teaching For Artistic Behavior
Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) is a PreK-12 learner-directed approach that meets the diverse needs of all learners through choice, agency, flexibility, and emergent curriculum. The core values of the Lane art program are based on the 3 tenants of the TAB philosophy:
The child is the artist.
In a learner-directed art room, each child determines their own artistic choice- and decision-making. While the teacher offers short demonstrations or discussions to inspire new ideas, students engage in centers, techniques, and content that is of personal interest. Engagement and enthusiasm in TAB art rooms is infectious!
The classroom is the child's studio.
Making art is just one aspect of being an artist. Developing an understanding of the studio regarding proper care of materials and tools, maintaining a clean, safe working environment, and respecting other artists within the communal space of the art room are of equal importance.
What do artists do?
In order for a child to fully understand the role that artists play in our world, we ask the question, 'What do artists do?' Children continually postulate answers to this question throughout their art education by discovering why and how artists make art, and by reflecting on the influence and importance of the global art community.