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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION

456-4

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(E1.00) ?

Fall Semester, 1992 ?

Instructor: S. Richmond

(September 8- December

4)

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Office: ?

MPX 8670

Monday, 4:30-8:20 p.m. ?

Phone: ?

291-3529

Location: MPX 7500B

PREREQUISITE: 60 hours of credit.

DESCRIPTION

This course critically examines some contemporary perspectives in art and art education

and applies these ideas to the development and teaching of visual arts programs in schools.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

Concepts of art; aims of art education; the aesthetic in art; postmodernism; artistic

creativity; discipline-based art education; social perspectives; children and art; practical

issues in program planning; gender issues; multicultural art programs; standards in art;

evaluation; education and popular art; art education and politics; collaborative learning

in the art class; ecology and art; understanding art; Year 2000; imagination and the

teaching of art; art history old and new; integrating the arts.

REQUIREMENTS

Students will be expected to give a class presentation, write two papers and participate in a

studio activity that expresses some of the key ideas of the course.

REQUIRED

TEXTS

Blandy, D. & Congdon, KG. (Eds.).

Art in a Democracy.

Smith,

R.A. Excellence in Art Education.

Other readings assigned in class.