View from the walls: Curate don’t decorate
Summary
We begin finding new ways to decorate the environment and maybe searching for some clever ideas on Pinterest to fix up the space. Too often, though, in our zealousness for creating just the perfect environment, there is a tendency to overdo and overdecorate, especially when it comes to the classroom walls. Most likely, there is the traditional array of commercially purchased laminated posters, children’s artwork as well as a calendar, weather, and all sorts of wall charts that supposedly help children learn about the alphabet, colours, shapes, and numbers. We are designing them to amplify learning.” - Robert Dillion We need to stop thinking of ourselves as teachers who simply decorate classrooms. Rather, we must begin assuming a more important role similar to curators of art galleries or museums.
