IMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Session 1999

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EDUC 477 -4

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Dr. Fleming Larsen

Designs for Learning: Art

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Local: MPX 8631.2

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June 28 - August 6, 1999

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Tel:

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291-3163

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Monday & Wednesday 5:30 - 9:20 p.m.

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EO1.00

Home: 535-8114

Location: MPX 7500B ?

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E-mail:larsen@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITE

Educ 401/402

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE;

This course introduces students to the main ideas, skills, materials, resources, understandings,

and organizational concerns involved in teaching art in schools.

TOPICS

Hands-on experience with art media such as: drawing, painting, computer graphics, printmaking,

clay, found materials, and mixed media

Approaches to art making, art history, and art criticism in relation to current issues such as:

Postmodernism, Feminism, Multiculturalism, and First Nations Art

Evaluating art programs and student achievements

Classroom organization and curriculum planning

The aims of art education and the BC curriculum

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Portfolio of class projects and lesson plans 50%

Critique of gallery/museum artwork 20%

Curriculum project or personal study (final paper) 30%

REQUIRED TEXTS

Herberholz, D. & Herberholz, B. [8th edition, 1998].

Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic and Perceptual Awareness.

McGraw - Hill ISBN 0-697-34424-X

Custom Courseware package (available at the bookstore)

Clark, R. [1998].

An Introduction to Art Education.

London, Ontario: Plan B Books. ISBN 0-9683450-0-X

Steele, B. [1998]

Draw Me a Story. (Recommended)

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Peguis Publishers. ISBN 1-895411-82-3