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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 477-4 ?

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: ART

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()2.00)

Summer Session, 1992

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Instructor: Arthur Hughes &

(June 29— August 7)

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Bob Clement

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

Location: MPX 7500B

PREREQUISITE:-

EDUC 4011402

DESCRIPTION

This course will be run by two English art educators,

Prof.

Arthur Hughes from

Birmingham Polytechnic and Robert Clement, presently the County Art Adviser for

Devon.

The course will introduce students to current thinking in art and design education and

will explore aspects of the theory and practice of art education as it applies to the education

of young people aged 5— 16 years.

OBJECTIVES

1.

To develop a deeper understanding of the role of art and design in the education of

children and young people.

2.

To explore practical techniques in areas such as printmaking, drawing and day work

and relate these to the development of curriculum programmes for young people.

3.

To enable teachers to develop practical curriculum programmes which relate

critical/historical study to studio activities.

COURSE CONTENT

This will include the aims and objectives of art and design education; curriculum

planning and delivery; critical/historical studies and its relationship to studio practice;

practical procedures for developing programmes in drawing, printmaking and ceramics;

the development of the imagination; observation and investigation as essential processes

in art and design; assessment and evaluation.

ASSIGNMENTS

1.

Personal Curriculum rationale........................................................40%

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A practical curriculum programme related to the above rationale.................40%

3.

Documented ?

course

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work................................................................20%

REQUIRED TEXTS

Educating for Art,

Rod Taylor.