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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Education 392-4 ?

SPECIAL TOPICS

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DRAWING AND PAINTING IN THE CLASSROOM

(E1.00)

Fall Semester, 1994 ?

Instructor:

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Susan Gorris

Tuesdays, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sept. 13 - Dec. 6 ?

Phone: ?

888-3113

Location: Langley Fine Arts School ?

Fax: ?

888-3578

9096 Trattle Street

Fort Langley

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 477-4: Designs for Learning - Art, or permission of instructor

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Painting and drawing in the classroom is designed as an in-depth extension to Designs for Learning: Art

(477-4). The course will offer students a solid foundation of methods and concepts in painting and

drawing that are applicable to Elementary and Secondary levels. Course activities will Consist of lectures,

demonstrations, readings and laboratory assignments. Student demonstrations will be part of the course.

Objectives:

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Practical methods of creating Art through explorations of a variety of painting and drawing media

appropriate for student levels (K-12);

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T

he stages of creative development through visual analysis of children's art and an examination of both

historical and contemporary research in this area;

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Current philosophies and practices of assessing student artwork;

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A variety of short and long-term planning systems, with the outcomes of curriculum development;

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The process of critical analysis when viewing original works of art;

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Classroom management and storage of art supplies pertaining to painting and drawing.

Theoretical concepts and course topics include:

• creativity; its origins, development and use

• non-representational, representational and abstracted approaches to art-making

• DBAC (Discipline-Based Art Curriculum)

• critical analysis; historical and contemporary theory

• stages of creative development in children

• classroom management of space and supplies used in painting/drawing

• curriculum development

• vocabulary relating to painting and drawing

• displaying children's work

• materials, media and processes in painting and drawing for elementary and secondary levels.

Skills, theory and practice to be covered in this class will be:

Technical Processes:

Media Covered:

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contour drawing

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graphite

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gesture drawing

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pastel, oil and chalk

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tonal drawing

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tempera painting

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dry point etching

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wax

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wax resist

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watercolour

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wet-on-wet painting

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conte

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impasto painting

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charcoal

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frottage

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acrylic

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pen and ink, ink wash

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ink

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collage

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Student Assignments to be completed:

• twelve portfolio submissions ?

25%

• one art gallery project

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25%

• one research project ?

25%

• one curriculum project

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25%

Criteria used for assessing and evaluating student progress and successful completion of course

requirements will comprise the following:

• demonstrated evidence of project objectives fulfilled as outlined in project hand-outs;

• basic levels of technical competency in processes demonstrated in class;

• demonstration of terms and concepts discussed in class that are used in written projects'

• a marked increase in levels of creative involvement throughout duration of course (problem-solving

through creative skill-building and individual expression);

• written student evaluation of student progress.

Student assessment will take place in verbal consultations with instructor and bi-weekly written self-

evaluations. Each of four projects will be weighted evenly.

READINGS:

Required:

Selected chapters from several books listed below as well as eight published articles on drawing and

painting with children.

Recommended:

Alexander

and Day (Eds.) (1991).

Discipline-based art education (Curriculum Sampler).

Getty Center for

Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, Calif.

Brookes, M. (1986).

Drawing with children.

Jeremy P. Archer, Inc., Los Angeles.

Chapman, L.

(1985). Discover Art (K-8).

Davis Publications, Massachusetts.

Cherry, C. (1990). Creative art for the developing child.

Simon and Shuster (Fearon Teacher Al),

CA.

Day, Gaitskell, Hurwitz

&

Harcourt-Brace. (1991).

Children and their art.

Jovanovich, Florida.

Hubbard,

G.

(1982).

Art for elementary classrooms.

Prentice-Hall, Inc.

HurwitzfMadeja (1977).

The joyous vision.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey.

Kellogg, R. (1970). Analyzing children's art.

Nat'! Press Books, California.

Topal, C.W. (1992).

Children and painting.

Davis Publications, Mass.

Wilson and Wilson (1982).

Teaching children to draw.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.