ED3216:03
Secondary Visual Arts Curriculum
| Townsville | HECS Band 1 |
13 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 13 hours workshops/seminars. Semester 1.
Available to students enrolled in Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Graduate Bachelor of Education (Secondary). Graduate BEd students are required to take this subject with or before if it is their first teaching area. It is recommended to be taken before if it is their second teaching area.
Staff: Dr L Ashton.
Students will be guided through discussion, interaction, readings, critical reflection, written and practical tasks, to begin to formulate their own philosophy of art education and to gain insights into media, techniques and classroom management ideas suitable for middle schooling and junior secondary contexts. It is expected that students enrolling in this teacher education subject have already developed/are currently developing expertise in a range of appropriate 2D and 3D visual arts media and techniques.
Learning Objectives:
- critically reflect on the complex nature of contemporary art education;
- document, review and challenge beliefs which inform their personal philosophy of art education;
- focus on the early adolescent art learner and their school contexts;
- become familiar with the cyclical process which underpins art program planning, teaching and evaluation and current Queensland Secondary Art syllabus and supportive teacher reference documents;
- experience in workshop mode a range of practical art techniques, media and techniques suitable for middle schooling and junior secondary settings (Years 5-10), culminating in a professional art education resource folio.
Assessment by workshop productions (70%); participation or seminar (30%).