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Semester 96-2 Session: Intersession
456 - 4 Models of the Contemporary Arts in Education
Section: E1.00
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Scheduled Final Exam: No
PREREQUISITE
60 hours of credit
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Instructor: S. Richmond
Office: 8670mpc
Tel: 291-3529
Fax: 291-3203
E-mail: Stuart_Richmond@sfu.ca
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Major conceptions of educational value in the contemporary arts and application of these ideas to the development of
visual arts programs in the schools.
OUTLINE OF TOPICS
• Contemporary ideas about art and art education
• Art and the environment
• Developing personal approaches to art-making:
journal/sketchbook/photography/ claywork/
sculpture /construction/ bricolage, etc.
• The aesthetic dimension
• Postmodern perspectives
• Discipline-based art education and other curricula
OBJECTIVES
Major aims:
• Gender issues
• Children and art
• Multicultural art programs
• Individual and collaborative learning
• Teaching art
• Responding to art
• Integrating the arts
• Evaluation
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Gain experience in and an understanding of selected artistic practices.
2.
Relate ideas and practices of contemporary visual art to art education.
REQUIREMENTS
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Class presentation of chapter from readings ................................20%
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Personal study ............................................................................20%
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Essay or curriculum proposal .......................................................30%
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Studio activities ........................................................................30%
(This class is conducted on a seminar/studio basis. Prior background in art not necessary)
READINGS ?
REQ REC
0-500-01673-9 ?
Gablik, Suzi ?
New York:
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Conversations Before the End of
Thames & Hudson Time
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0-415-03992-4 ?
Hutcheon, Linda
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New York: Routledge The Politics of Postmodernism
0-415-90607-5 ?
Paley, Nicolas
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New York: Routledge Finding Art's Place
