9MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersession 2001

EDUC 477 - 4 ?

Dr. Flemming Larsen

Designs for Learning: Art ?

Office: EDB

8546

Phone:

291-3163

DATES: April

20 - June 22,

2001 ?

*D0400 ?

Home:

535-8114

Fridays 13:00-17:50 in EDB 7500B ?

E-mail: larsen@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITES

*This section restricted to PDP students in Quebec Program

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?

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 TEXTS

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.