MASTER CLASS QUESTION SHEET
Directions: To receive credit for a master class the students must answer six of the following questions adequately within two school days of the attended session. Make sure statements are supported with examples/documentation. The written assignment should be turned into the sponsor/teacher coordinating the master class. If a student attends a seminar not provided by the academy, the student then submits the paper to his/her strand teacher.
Answer completely a total of six questions—at least one from each section. The assignment must be legible and may be handwritten or typed. If clarification is needed or the student has questions, contact the arts strand teacher or the coordinator. Include the following information:
- Student’s full name and arts strand
- Master class name (include a ticket stub/program if possible)
- Artist or group name
- Six chosen questions, minimum of one from each section
- Answers directly below each chosen question
QUESTIONS:
Core Questions:
1. Why does this information matter to anyone? Why does this information matter to me?
2. How do these ideas make sense?
3. How can I use these ideas and skills?
Curriculum Connection Questions:
4. In what other ways can I use what I have learned?
5. How do I adjust my way of thinking and working when I encounter new situations as a
result of this new context?
6. Why do people have different outlooks on the same issue and how are they founded?
7. What insight do you gain when examining the issues from these varied points of view?
Practice/Discipline questions:
8. What are the theories that govern the knowledge of the subject?
9. How do artists organize their knowledge and skills in this field?
10. How does the artist know what skills to use under given circumstances?
11. What are gauges of quality in the field?
12. According to what standards does the field measure success?
Identity Questions:
13. To what degree is this familiar, surprising, and/or intriguing to me?
14. When I am intrigued by an idea, what do I gain from that? What do I give as a result of that?
What difference does it make?
15. What are the ethical principles at the core of the subject?
16. How do people in this field handle ambiguity, uncertainty, persistence, failure, success,
collaboration, and compromise?
17. How do I handle those things?
18. How might I shape the field over time?
19. How might the subject shape me?
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September 29, 2007
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