Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2021 - EDUC 477 E100

Designs for Learning: Art (4)

Class Number: 2496

Delivery Method: Remote

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 9, 2021: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    EDUC 401/402 or corequisite EDUC 403.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces students to the main ideas, skills, materials, resources, understandings and organizational concerns involved in teaching art in schools.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is being offered remotely.  All students are expected to be online and available during scheduled class time.


For teachers of all levels of art experience and ability, this course focuses on how to create, and integrate, meaningful art practice in the classroom. We will be working through 3 frameworks: our own art practice, the teaching of art, and art appreciation, criticism, history and process.

The course involves regular artmaking during class time, looking at the work of artists and learning from their ideas, forms, contexts and ways of working, and considering how best to teach the kind of art that matters to you to and your students. We will explore various media (drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media), the social and cultural contexts of art, and visual communication.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • to engage in hands-on art practice
  • develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to facilitate meaningful art practice in the classroom appropriate to the students’ level
  • to enrich understanding and appreciation of various facets of visual art, aesthetics and art criticism
  • to integrate learning through art into various contextual and/or subject areas

Grading

  • Portfolio (completion of in-class work and other art projects) 40%
  • Artist presentation and derived teaching project 25%
  • Reading reflections 20%
  • Online dialogues and sharing of process 15%

NOTES:

There is no final exam for this course.

REQUIREMENTS:

While this course is taught remotely, full attendance during class time (through synchronous Zoom sessions) is expected. Doing well on the assignments depends on active class engagement - in the artmaking process as well as in discussions.

Please note that due to the remote format, students will need to purchase/provide their own art materials for the art practice. A list will be sent out to registered students in early May.

Please also be prepared to have a working space available close to your Zoom set-up where you can engage in studio work: a large enough desk or counter space where you can work with large paper and potentially messy materials, and have access to water in a nearby room.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Please note that due to the remote format, students will need to purchase/provide their own art materials for the art practice. A list will be sent out to registered students in early May.

REQUIRED READING:

Walker, Sydney (2001). Teaching Meaning in Artmaking. Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications.

Can be purchased here: https://www.davisart.com/art-education-resources/teaching-meaning-in-artmaking/
ISBN: 9780871925831

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Other readings will be provided online.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SUMMER 2021

Teaching at SFU in summer 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods, but we will continue to have in-person experiential activities for a selection of courses.  Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).