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IMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Summer Semester 2002 ?
EDUC 477 - 4 ?
Dr. Flemming Larsen
Designs for Learning: Art ?
Office: TBA
Phone: 291-3395
Thursday 17:30-21:20 in EDB 7500B ?
E01.00 ?
Email: flemming_larsen@sfu.ca
PREREQUISITE
EDUC 401/402
DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the main ideas, skills, materials, resources, understandings, and
organizational concerns involved in teaching art in schools.
TOPICS
The aims of art education: the educational value of art; BC art curriculum; creativity and appreciation;
aesthetics; art history; utilizing the art gallery; personal approaches to creative work in art, including:
drawing, painting, clay, crafts, sculpture /construction, printmaking, photography/ video, mixed
media, found and recycled materials etc.; environmental concerns; local culture; first nations art;
multicultural and gender issues; integrating the arts; managing the art room; curriculum planning;
approaches to teaching; individual and group learning; evaluation of the curriculum and student
learning.
REQUIREMENTS
1.
Completion of class portfolio and related assignments - 50%
2.
Gallery visit and critique - 20%
3. Personal study/ curriculum project - 30%
REQUIRED TEXT
Herberholz, D. & Herberholz, B. (2001).
Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic and
Perceptual Awareness, 9th edition.
McGraw-Hill. [ISBN 0072407077 paperback]