ED4123:04
Primary School Visual Arts Education
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: Art curriculum studies in an undergraduate teacher education program
10 lectures, 30 hours workshops (Townsville campus); Interactive Multi-Media mode for RATEP and BEd students (Cairns campus). Second semester
This subject is designed to further sensitise students to the visual arts as educationally essential. It will highlight the rich potential for literacy, problem-solving, expressive and creative learning in art. Effective teaching will be a focus. Students who intend teaching in early childhood, primary or secondary settings may enrol.
Learning Objectives:
- review historical discourses which impact on current principles and practices in Australian art education;
- examine the ways in which children’s drawings and development have been theorised;
- become more familiar with national and state curriculum documents which support visual arts programming;
- workshop in a variety of art media including ceramics and masks, with emphasis on management and safety for children;
- complete a short course in drawing (no previous skill level is required);
- continue to refine and articulate a personal philosophy of art education.
Assessment by practical (approx. 50%); theoretical (approx. 50%). To be selected from: constructing a program of work, drawing assignment, workshop tasks, journal and participation. Students may wish to negotiate an independent assessment piece e.g. mural work, exhibition etc.
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