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EDUCATION 477-4 ?
Designs for Learning: Art
Regular Semester, 1988
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Instructor: S. Richmond
(May 9- Aug. 5)
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Office:
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MPX 8670
Tuesdays, 8:30 - 12:20
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Phone:
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291-3529 ?
Location: MPX 7500F
PREREQUISITES:
401/402 or equivalent.
OBJECTIVES:
It is intended that students will:
- develop an understanding of the constraints that creativity and response in art
place on the curriculum
- become familiar with the requirements of the B. C. Fine Arts curriculum guide
- be able to develop programs in art education suitable for a chosen age group
The course will focus on:
The concept of art: expressiveness and form; the concerns and aims of art education;
rationale for teaching; curriculum models; children's artistic development; the B. C.
curriculum for art; creating art: a review of media and techniques; responding to art:
making and defending critical judgments; developing art lessons: focusing on themes,
interests, ability levels, media; new curriculum materials.
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Completion of studio exercises appropriate to the elementary
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30%
curriculum
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Paper analysing an idea central to art education
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20%
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Critique of an artwork following a gallery trip
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20%
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Development of an art curriculum unit for a chosen grade level
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30%
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Riddell, Bruce. (1982). Art in the Making. Evans Brothers Ltd. B. C. Elementary Fine
Arts Curriculum Guide/Resource Book (1985).
ON LIBRARY RESERVE:
Chapman, Laura H. Approaches to Art Education
Eisner, Elliot. Education Artistic Vision.
Feldman, Edmund, Burke. Becoming Human Through Art.
Smith, R. A. Aesthetic Criticism: The Method of Aesthetic Education. In Ralph A. Smith
Aesthetics and Problems of Education.
