Course Description
Child creative development including experiences in drawing, painting, graphics, sculpture, and crafts appropriate to children. (May not be used for credit by art education majors.)
Athena Title
ART AND THE CHILD
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To prepare students to develop and implement strategies and procedures for extending learning through art at the elementary school level. Teaching methodologies, instructional strategies, materials, equipment, techniques and subject matter appropriate to these age groups for teaching both in and through visual art will be investigated through reading, discussion, responsive writing and application.
Topical Outline
The course is taught in both a seminar and studio format. Students will read, discuss and write about art education theory as it pertains to extending learning across the curriculum. They will practice art instruction and application through model lessons. Working in project teams with students from ARED 3350, they will develop and critique arts-based lessons that draw on knowledge and skill in art history, criticism, aesthetics and art making as well as connect to learning objectives from other subject areas as established by the Georgia Qaulity Core Curriculum. Students will develop their own teaching philosophy for incorporating the arts into their personal instruction, the creation and presentation of lessons of instruction, the development of a professional portfolio and the transfer and application of theoretical issues in art education to practical applications within the elementary classroom.