SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Q

Summer Session 2000 ?

EDUC 477 - 4 ?

Keith Rice-Jones

Designs for Learning: Art

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Office: TBA

Phone: 291-3395

Wednesdays

in MPX 7500B

& Fridays 8:30-12:20

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D02.00

PREREQUISITE

Educ 401/402

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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, personal growth, and confidence building with art media such as: drawing,

painting, computer graphics, printmaking, clay, found materials, and mixed media

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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. [1998]. Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic

and Perceptual Awareness (8th edition). McGraw - Hill. ISBN 0-697-34424-X.

Custom Courseware package (available at the bookstore)

RECOMMENDED

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