ART 373: Public School Art Lecture (1 semester hour credit)   Fall 2003 ART 374: Public School Art Studio (2 semester hour credits)

Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-6:10 Art Building, Ceramics Room

 

Instructor: Mark Gordon

Office: Case Art Building, C-7

Telephone: 399-6474

E-mail: mgordon@barton.edu

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:00, or by appointment

 

Required Text: Herberholz and Herberholz, Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic and Perceptual Awareness and the accompanying workbook Art Starts: A Supplement for Implementing the Concepts in Artworks for Elementary Teachers, McGraw Hill, 2002

 

Purpose of Course: Art is offered in the elementary grades as a way to provide opportunities for creative self-expression.  It also serves as a means of developing sensory perception, nonverbal communication, and dexterity. This course includes investigation of art education at  the elementary school level as well as a significant studio component. 

 

Philosophy related to the course: Barton College is a community of learners freely examining the intellectual and cultural experiences of a diverse and interdependent world to understand humanity’s rich heritage and to improve the quality of all existence.

       --from Barton’s Statement of Purpose, page 6, 2003-04 catalogue. The goal of Barton College is to provide opportunities for intellectual, spiritual, social, and cultural development.  Barton graduates will be prepared to make reasoned and informed decisions, communicate effectively, understand interdisciplinary relationships, and demonstrate intercultural awareness and cross-cultural appreciation.  --from Barton’s Mission Statement, page 6, 2003-04 catalogue.

The Teacher Education Program fosters the four strands of Knowledge of Content, Pedagogy, Diversity, and Leadership.

 

Content Knowledge:

      Studio art skill development is promoted though studio projects in painting, drawing, basic 2- and 3-dimensional design, and ceramics. Subject knowledge in Art Education includes an understanding of past and present world art, with an emphasis on the relationship of art to the culture in which it was produced and its influence on subsequent cultures.  The study of art history serves as a gateway into world cultures of the past, as well as a foundation for understanding contemporary art movements.

 

Pedagogical Skills:

      Successful teachers are able to conceptualize and organize integrated art programs from kindergarten through high school, and they confidently apply a creative approach to problem solving in a wide variety of individual situations.  Acquiring pedagogical knowledge requires that the prospective art teacher examine different methodologies of teaching and learning through classroom, laboratory, and clinical experience at all levels. An art specialist teacher is expert in integrating with other curricular areas, acquiring knowledge of other disciplines as they relate to visual arts.

      Technological knowledge includes current digital technology such as classroom web pages, internet-based research, powerpoint and hyperstudio, and electronic portfolio presentation. Teacher education candidates broaden their knowledge base by becoming familiar with materials and tools of the art studio. In addition, medium-specific technologies such as basic sculpture equipment, workshop power tools, ceramic kilns, printing presses, and photographic developers are essential tools for the emerging art specialist teacher.

     

Cultural Responsiveness:

      Knowledge and experience with diverse student populations forms an integral part of the Teacher Education candidate’s education. The visual arts explore and celebrate human commonality across cultures.  Production of visual art provides all students, including those with language, physical, and developmental differences, a means of exploring and expressing individual creative ideas.

 

Leadership Skills:

      Dispositions for the successful teacher candidate include leadership and awareness: leadership as professionals with a trajectory of continued learning as educators; understanding of the significance of art in our multicultural society.  The achievement of this goal is enhanced by visual arts integration into the classroom. The teacher education candidate uses visual arts awareness as an important tool to become a respected and knowledgeable member and leader in the total school community.

 

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

1. Manipulate art materials with expertise (Knowledge of content)

2  Understand the role of art in elementary school (Leadership)

3. Articulate instructional objectives for lesson planning (Pedagogy) 4. Compile an array of effective rubrics for evaluating art-based projects (Pedagogy)

5. Develop teaching strategies to integrate art with other subjects Pedagogy)

6.  Understand the role of art in a multicultural and global society (Diversity)

7.  Plan units to include parents in your classroom learning community (Leadership)

8.  Learn strategies for teaching art activities within the guidelines of the NC Standard Course of Study and the National Visual Arts Standards (Knowledge of content)

 

Important dates:

Last day to add the course: September 2

Last day to drop the course: September 23

Final Examination: Tuesday, December 17, 11:00-1:00.

 

Course Requirements and Grading:

 

10% Practice team-teaching, art lesson, and written reflections

The class will present a variety of art lessons for a local elementary/after school program. The class will visit St. Therese Elementary during the early part of the term. In pairs, students will present on hands-on art lesson to students at St. Therese.  Each of these mini-lessons should be tied to one curriculum area (such as language arts, science, math, reading, community, or geography).  You may glean ideas or specific lessons from books, magazines, or find a project on the Internet.  Each teaching session will form the basis for an individual journal-style 300-word reflective paper. This reflection will be evaluated on the basis of your personal growth and effort. Include observations about project logistics, curricular tie-ins, classroom management, “what it’s like to be a teacher,” students’ responses, what you would improve in the lesson, clean-up, possible evaluation methods for students’ artworks, and level of cooperation within your team. (May be handwritten or typed.) These teaching visits are between 3:30 and 6:00 p.m.

      The current St. Therese guidelines for student behavior and disciplinary procedures will be presented by Ms. Margie Diggins, head of the after-school program, as part of our September 9 orientation.  During all teaching sessions, the classroom teacher/daycare supervisor will be present in the room and will be responsible for overall classroom management.

 

5% Midterm exam 

OPEN BOOK. This exam covers material from the text (to page 152), class lectures, and discussions.  Constructed-response and short multiple-choice questions.  Tuesday, October 21

 

20% “You teach the class“ 

Each student will develop an original art activity lesson for grades 5-6, present a detailed 6-point or DBAE lesson plan, and teach it to the ART 373 class using a variation of the “Julia Child time-lapse method.” See “Tips on Using Art Materials” in Art Starts Supplement for practical hints.  Also refer to text pages 113-119. Include:

      --a fully-developed and completed teacher’s sample project

      --written classroom management procedures 

      --detailed assessment rubric 

      --400-word reflection on your practice project and preparation                prior to the teaching

      --12 copies of a 2-page lesson plan hand-out are to be                        distributed for class discussion. 

      --10 minutes are budgeted for presentation, demonstration, and                clean-up.

      --related enrichment activity for gifted students

      --accommodations for one type of special needs student

A class presentation assessment rubric will be distributed in early November. This presentation will be videotaped.  Tuesday, December 2

 

50% Studio projects

Drawing, painting, printmaking, paper mosaic, and clay.

Projects will be introduced with in-class demonstrations, slide presentations, and written guidelines. Evaluation will be based on effort, growth, and neatness; individualized rubrics for each project will be employed. Clay will be provided.

 

Studio Project Due Dates     

Clay, September 9

Crayon Resist, September 30

Drawing, October 16

Painting, October 28

Mosaic, November 11

 

5% Sample Classroom Webpage                                                                                 Each student will present to a sample class home-page for students and parents, incorporating 4 Internet links for students’ use and 4 internet links for parents’ use.  Examples will be presented in class. Sources are also mentioned on page 135 of the text. A printed version (one copy) must be handed in as part of this presentation. In addition, a one-page typed hand-out must be given to each class member.  Due: November 20.

 

10% Written final exam 

This cumulative exam covers all classroom information (lectures and class presentations) and material from the textbook. Consists of multiple choice, matching, and short-essay constructed response.

Tuesday, December 16, 11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m.

 

Late assignments: Each student is responsible for turning in any assignments or projects missed due to absence.  Except in the case of valid prior arrangement, late assignments will receive a 10% grade reduction per day.

 

Major Areas of Study--Course Outline

      The nature of a combined lecture-studio art course requires that scheduling flexibility needs to be maintained.  Changes to this outline may be made with appropriate notice and efforts to communicate such changes.  Local field trips and special-guest visits will be included during class time.

 

Lectures, Readings, Studio projects, Presentations

 

August 26 and 28: Introduction to the Elements of Art

Reading: text, pages 1-55 (due September 2)

 

September 2 and 4: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Design

Reading: text, pp 55-82 (due September 4)

 

September 9 and 11: Strategies for Understanding Artworks: Art Criticism, Art History, and Aesthetics

September 9: Visit local elementary school for orientation and art lesson advanced preparation.

Reading: text, pp. 83-100 (due September 9)

 

September 16 and 18: Children Make and Respond to Art

A Portrait of Learners, Developmental Stages and Sequential Art Curriculum

Reading: text, pp. 101-119 (due September 16)

 

September 23 and 25: Assessing the Artworks of Elementary Students;  Rubrics; Writing Instructional Objectives for Lesson Planning

      Incorporating the NCSCS and National Standards

      Review of DBAE and 6-point lesson plan

Rubric samples and NC Standard Course of Studies are on Reserve. Sample lesson plans available in classroom. National Standards (Text pp.140-1)

Reading: text, pp. 120-130 and 140-1(due September 23)

 

September 30 and October 2: Cross-Curricular Integration of the Visual Arts; Gardner’s Intelligences

Readings: “Arts Education K-12: Integrating with Reading, Writing, Math and Other Areas of the Curriculum” NCDPI Monograph No. 1 (on Reserve) + “Integrating Art in the Curriculum” from “Art Starts” supplement.(due September 30)

 

October 7 and 9: Practice teaching: art team-teaching lessons at local elementary school.

Discussion, review, and evaluation of presentations.

 

Fall Break: October 10-15

 

October 16: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century Technology and Curriculum Design

Reading: text, pp 131-152 (due October 16)

Orientation to new technology consoles.

 

October 21 and 23: Review and exam

October 23: Midterm exam. Text pages 1-152, lectures, discussions and presentations.

Guest teacher Tonda Jeffcoat.

 

October 28 and 30: Classroom Technologies and Room Plans

            Arranging the Classroom: Got Art?

            Laminations, Stations, and Freebies

Visiting art teacher from local middle school (TBA).

           

November 4 and 6:  Mental or Physical Disabilities; Giftedness; Connecting with Parents of Your Students: class websites, open house tips, and the role of art in the school community

 

November 11 and 13: Multiculturalism and Art Education

Due November 11: readings: “Every Child’s Teacher: Core Standards for the Teaching Profession,” and Johnson et. al., Introduction to the Foundations of American Education, “Global Perspectives: Antiracist and Multicultural Education” (pp. 145-153) on reserve

 

November 18 and 20: Looking at Western and Non-Western Artworks

Due November 18: text, pages 153-206

November 20: Sample webpage due.

 

November 25: Looking at Western and Non-Western Artworks (continued) Due November 25: text, glossary and pronunciation guide

 

November 26-30 is Thanksgiving Break.

 

December 2 and 4:

December 2: “You teach the class” presentations

December 4: Review of student videos. Feedback, discussion and analysis. 

 

December 9: Review for final exam

Individual meetings to discuss teaching styles.

 

Final Examination: Tuesday, December 16, 11:00-1:00.

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Grading:

A: exemplary, outstanding, excellent

B: above-average

C: average

D: below-average, barely acceptable work

F: unsatisfactory, unacceptable

 

            A     100-94                        C     77-74

            A-    93-90                        C-    73-70

            B+    88-89                        D+    68-69

            B     87-84                        D     67-64

            B-    83-80                        D-    63-60

            C+    79-78                        F     Below 60

 

Art Department civility policy

Civility in the classroom is essential to create a positive learning environment and is defined as “politeness” and “courtesy.”  Practicing civility helps individuals develop lifelong skills necessary to become effective and successful members of society.

 

Examples of incivility:

      Habitual tardies

      Lack of concern for the rights and feelings of others

      Engaging in side conversations during a presentation or lecture

      Leaving class early for non-emergency reasons

      Using language likely to offend

 

College Honor Code and Academic Honesty

(Page 70 in the 2001-2002 Barton College catalogue)

      The following list of violations outlines infractions.  The list is not comprehensive. 

      Academic dishonesty is defined as any act of cheating or plagiarism. 

      Cheating is defined as giving or receiving aid, including attempting to give or receive aid, without the specific consent of the professor, on quizzes, examinations, assignments, etc. 

      Plagiarism is defined as presenting as one’s own the writing or work of others.  Whenever phrasing is borrowed, even if only two or three words, the indebtedness should be recognized by the use of quotation marks and mention of the author’s name.  The language of another is not made the writer’s own by omission, rearrangements, or new combinations; such an act is plagiarism. 

      Disruption of the education process is defined as the obstruction or disruption of teaching, disciplinary procedures, administration, or other College activities.

 

Attendance policy:  Students are expected to be in attendance and on time. Each student should refer to the school attendance policy articulated in the Barton College general catalog.  More than two absences will result in lowering the final grade by one letter grade.  The student is responsible for missed work.  Late work will not be accepted unless the student has a documented College-excused absence.  The student is considered late for class if he/she arrives beyond scheduled class meeting time or leaves prior to the class ending time.  Two tardies equals an absence.

 

Students with a diagnosed disability must speak with the instructor at the beginning of the term about any special needs or equipment necessary to accomplish the requirements for this course. 

Supplies needed for Art Studio 274

      liquid tempera or acrylic paint (yellow, blue, red, black, white)

      2 inexpensive small-medium brushes

      pencils: “2b or not 2b...”

      colored pencils and crayons (--”scraps” are fine)

      ruler, compass, eraser

      Exact-o knife and scissors

      glue stick or tiny bottle of white glue

      magic markers, thick and thin

      Arches cold-pressed paper or posterboard

Details and suggested sources will be discussed in class.

 

Supplemental Readings

 

Arnheim, Thoughts on Art Education, Getty Foundation, 1989

--Art as a mode of visual thought.

 

Barrett, Talking About Student Art, Art Education in Practice, Davis, 1997 --Talking intelligently about art with children.

 

Bates, Becoming An Art Teacher, Wadsworth, 2000

--Whys, whats, and hows of art education for K-12 students.

 

Beattie, Assessment in Art Education, Art Education in Practice, Davis, 1997 

--Performance assessment strategies; scoring and judging; formative and summative assessment; validity and reliability.

 

Gaudelius and Speirs, Contemporary Issues in Art Education, Prentice, 2001 --Introduces challenging cultural-educational situations, and issues-based student art content.

 

Gardner, Art, Mind, and Brain, Basic Books, 1982

--Multiple modes of intelligence

 

Hallahan and Kauffman, Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education,  Allyn and Bacon, 2000

--Current trends in education for exceptional students; helps future teacher develop both professional knowledge and personal sensitivity.

 

Johnson, Dupuis, Musial, Hall, Gollnick, Introduction to the Foundations of American Education, Allyn and Bacon, 1999 --General text for educators; overview of the teaching field

 

Koster, Bringing Art into the Elementary Classroom, Wadsworth, 2001 --Integrating art into the curriculum, a guide and reference with plenty of examples.

 

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, “Arts Education K-12: Integrating with Reading, Writing, Math and Other Areas of the Curriculum Arts Education Series,” Monograph No. 1.1997

 

North Carolina State Board of Education, “Every Child’s Teacher: Core Standards for the Teaching Profession,” 1999

 

Public Schools of North Carolina, Department of Public Instruction, “North Carolina Standard Course of Study: Arts Education,” revised 2000

 

Simpson, Delaney, Carroll, Hamilton, Kay, Kerlavage, and Olson, Creating Meaning Through Art: Teacher as Choice Maker, Merrill, 1998

 

Wachowiak and Clements, Emphasis Art: A Qualitative Art Program for Elementary and Middle Schools, Sixth Edition, Longman/Addison Wesley, 1997 --Survey of potential K-8 student art projects and effective

teaching strategies

 

Recent Library Acquisitions:

 

Stankiewicz, Roots of Art Education Practice

Davis Publications, 2001

 

(Video) Tesselations: How to Create Them

Crystal Productions

 

Corwin, Editor, Exploring the Legends: Guideposts to the Future

National Art Education Association, 2001

 

Bolin, et. al., Remembering Others: Making Invisible Histories of Art Education Visible National Art Education Association, 2000

 

Wilson, The Quiet Revolution: Changing the Face of Arts Education

The Getty Education Institute for the Arts, 1997

 

Dobbs, A guide to Discipline-based Art Education: Learning in and through Art The Getty Education Institute for the Arts, 1998

 

Efland, Art and Cognition

National Art Education Association, 2002

 

Klein, editor, Teaching Art in Context: Case Studies For Preservice Art Education National Art Education Association

     

Freedman, Teaching Visual Culture

National Art Education Association, 2003

 

Hume, Art Teacher’s Book of Lists

Prentice Hall, 1998

 

Hogan, Multicultural Studio Art Projects for Secondary Students

Prentice Hall, 1997

 

Classroom Teacher’s Survival Guide, Center for Applied Research in Education,  Prentice Hall, 1999

 

Bloom and Walter, Multicultural Art Activities Kit

Center for Applied Research in Education, Prentice Hall, 1994

 

Romberg and Rutz, Art Today and Every Day: Classroom activities for the elementary school year, Parker Publishing Co., Prentice Hall 1972

 

Telling Pieces: Art as Literacy in Middle School Classes, Albers and Murphy, Laurence Erlbaum Publishers, 2000 [electronic book]

 

Assessing Expressive Learning: A Practical Guide for Teacher-Directed Authentic Assessment in K-12 Visual Arts Education 2003

Charles Dorn. Laurence Erlbaum Publishers

 

Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms: Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications Richards and McKenna, 2003

Laurence Erlbaum Publishers

 

Conferences

Schedules and handouts are available from presentations at the following annual conferences and training institutes: North Carolina Art Education Association (NCAEA) National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) North Carolina Potters Conference Teachers and Technology (T2 Institute)

 

Periodicals [* subscriptions in the Library]

School Arts *

Arts and Activities *

Art Education (NAEA Journal)

NAEA Advisory

Mailbox *

Clay Times

Sculpture

Ceramics Monthly *

American Craft *

Internet Resources

www.aam-us.org    American Association of Museums

www.artednet.getty.edu   Getty Foundation, lesson plans and museum resources

www.dpi.state.nc.us   NC Department of Public Instruction; links to art education

neh.fed.us     National Endowment for the Humanities (key-in “Visual Arts”)

www.nea.gov    National Endowment for the Arts

www.metmuseum.org    Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.duke.edu/duma Duke University Museum of Art

www.naea-reston.org   National Art Education Association, professional org.

www.kinderart.com/lessons.htm   lesson plans

www.schoolart.co.uk    K-12 lesson plans

www.si.edu    Smithsonian Institution

www.icaf.org     ICAF, visual learning with a global emphasis

www.primenet.com/~arted/    art education newsletter for teachers

www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk British Museum, children’s activity/research links 

www.webquest.com  Problem-Based Learning source