Walker Review

     This article seemed pretty interesting. It talked about the definition of a big idea. To Walker, "big ideas-broad, important human issues-are characterized by complexity, ambiguity, contradiction, and multiplicity." He also stated that big ideas can engaged students in deeper levels of thinking. Overall I thought the article introduced me to different ways of thinking. It got a little confusing in the middle when it was trying to differentiate between big ideas, themes and subject matter and towards the end (I wasn't sure when I was supposed to stop reading). I loved how it used different examples to convey their point, especially the one with Jennifer Bartlett. This helped me so much with trying to understand what they were saying. They talked about the differences between big ideas, themes and subject matter and relayed them to how we view artwork. I think this article is very helpful for me as I am pursuing an Art Education Major. I think it would be a good thing to take what they said about the definitions of the three and use that not only when I'm teaching, but also viewing artwork. 

      The way the article is structured is really my only concern. I think that mainly has to do with it was taking out of some bigger book. Other than that I thought the style of the author did a really good job at teaching me the content. It took me a few tries and I don't think I completely understand it but it gave me examples to learn off of. I guess if they could some how make it more clear between everything that would be good, but honestly I am content with the article.