SIMON ERASER UNiVERSiTY

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EDUCATION 4774?

DESIGN FOR LEARNING: ART

Regular Summer Semester, 1991

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Instructor: Dr. Stuart Richmond

(May 6 - August 2)

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Office:

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MPX 8570

Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

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Phone: ?

291-3529

Location: MPX 7500B

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 401/402, or equivalent.

DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to the ideas, practicalities, and

initiatives that underpin the teaching of visual art.

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the course is:

1. To familiarize students with the requirements of the BC

curriculum, the Year 2000 and other concerns currently affecting

art education.

2.

To enable students to develop programs in art for particular

groups of students as required.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

Aims of art education; key concepts; BC curriculum; making and

appreciating art; art history; children and art; gallery visit; hands-on

experience with art media; computer art; photography and video;

multicultural art; planning and teaching; evaluation; individual

programs; the role of imagination in teaching; some controversies;

integrating the arts.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Completion of art projects

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40%

2. Critique of artwork from gallery ?

20%

3.

Development of an art unit for chosen group 40%

REQUIRED TEXTS

Park, Louise. (1987).

Art Attack

(elementary).

BC Elementary or Secondary FA Curriculum Guide.