SIN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersession 2003

EDUC 477 -4

Dr. Flemming Larsen

Designs for Learning: Art

Office: TBA

Phone: TBA

E02.00 ?

Email: flemming_larsen@sfu.ca

Tuesdays/ Thursday 17:30-21:20

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402

DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to the main ideas, skills, materials, resources, understandings, and

organizational concerns involved in teaching art in schools.

TOPICS

The aims of art education: the educational value of art; BC art curriculum; creativity and appreciation;

aesthetics; art history; utilizing the art gallery; personal approaches to creative work in art, including:

drawing, painting, clay, crafts, sculpture/ construction, printmaking, photography/ video, mixed media,

found and recycled materials etc.; environmental concerns; local culture; first nations art; multicultural and

gender issues; integrating the arts; managing the art room; curriculum planning; approaches to teaching;

individual and group learning; evaluation of the curriculum and student learning.

REQUIREMENTS

Completion of class portfolio and related assignments - 50%

2. Gallery visit and critique - 207o

Personal study/ curriculum project - 307o

K_ UIRED TEXT

Herberholz, D. & Herberholz, B. (2001).

Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic and Perceptual

Awareness, 9th edition.

McGraw-Hill. [ISBN 0072407077 paperback]