If a meeting is needed, the professor or student can use the 15 to 30 minutes either before or after the class- depending on class schedule, following prior notification. Email is the preferred medium to set appointments.
Pre-course requirements
Not required
Objectives
Acquire a basic knowledge of the procedures of visual arts.
Acquire the resources to apply each of the level- and age-appropriate techniques for students of primary education (ages 6 to 12).
Obtain specialized information about each material, and its uses and application for each procedure.
Get to know diverse approaches of didactic planning to match available means.
Develop creative capability, providing new and varied solutions both with regards to concepts and materials.
Competencies
CEM-54 - To understand the principles contributing to cultural, personal and social development from an arts perspective.
CEM-55 - To be familiar with the artistic, audiovisual and musical aspects of the arts curriculum.
CEM-56 - To acquire resources to foment lifelong participation in musical and artistic activities, both inside and outside the school.
CEM-57 - To develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate teaching resources, and to promote the corresponding skills in pupils.
CET-1 - Interpersonal responsibility: to be aware of professional performance and influence on students. To have the skills and knowledge to manage group processes and communication for good collaboration with and between students.
CET-2 - Pedagogical responsibility: to have the knowledge and teaching skills required to create a safe learning environment for both classes and groups, but also for individual students, in order that children can become responsible, independent adults.
CET-3 - Expertise in the subject taught and teaching methodologies: to have the required knowledge in the subject taught and to know which teaching methods should be applied to create a good learning environment where students can acquire the cultural baggage they need to live in society. and to do so in an up-to-date, professional and systematic manner.
CET-4 - Expertise in the subject taught and teaching methodologies: to have the required knowledge in the subject taught and to know which teaching methods should be applied to create a good learning environment where students can acquire the cultural baggage they need to live in society. and to do so in an up-to-date, professional and systematic manner.
CET-5 - Collaboration with colleagues in the profession: to have the knowledge and skills required to make a professional contribution to the teaching environment in the school, in professional relationships, and to achieve a good school organization.
CET-7 - To promote responsibility in terms of professional development: to analyse, reflect on and develop points of view about the profession and teaching skills, to know how to make these clear and how to bring them up to date.
CG-01 - To integrate information and communication technologies in teaching and learning activities, teaching management and professional development.
CG-02 - To communicate clearly and correctly in the language of instruction (Catalan and Spanish), orally and in writing, in accordance with level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).
CG-04 - To promote and facilitate attention to the unique educational needs of students, gender equality, fairness and respect for human rights, in the contexts of learning and social harmony, both in the school and in relation to the surroundings.
CG-09 - To be familiar with the elements that make up creativity, the different levels of proficiency and how to develop this skill as much as possible.
CG-10 - To be familiar with the elements that make up entrepreneurial spirit, the different levels of proficiency and how to develop this skill as much as possible.
CG-11 - To be familiar with the elements that make up the quality-based approach, the different levels of proficiency and how to develop this skill as much as possible.
Learning outcomes
Understand the concepts that enable cultural, personal and social formation in visual art.
Learn to develop and evaluate syllabus content with adequate didactic resources and to promote the corresponding skills in students.
Prepare didactic proposals that encourage and stimulate creativity.
Know and accept the necessary and positive role of artistic training for society.
Familiarity with the primary education artistic education curriculum.
Obtain resources to encourage lifelong participation in artistic activities inside and outside the school walls.
Acquire detailed information on the suite of materials and tools for each process in visual arts training.
Precise and rich verbal and written communication skills for teaching.
Ability to interpret and integrate facts from English-language source materials on this topic and to incorporate these into their educational process.
Knowledge of the proficiencies of creativity, the entrepreneurial spirit and striving for quality and ability to apply it to the students.
Syllabus
Drawing: basics, paper, graphite, composition
Volume: clay and similar
Digital photography
Color techniques
Prints: monotype, linoleum, woodcut
Space and 3D objects: paper and wire.
Light
Large scale projects: decorations, stage scenery
Mixed techniques: two-dimensional
Mixed techniques: there-dimensional
Structures
Public exhibit/presentation
Chapter 1. Exploración en la expresión plástica y experimentación con los materiales que la alumna tenga a su alcance y preferencia. 2.Book DINA 5 o DINA 4
case study method expository method / master class problem-solving method
practical classes theory classes group study and work individual / independent study and work. seminar-workshops tutorials
CEM-57
problem-based learning expository method / master class problem-solving method
practical classes theory classes seminar-workshops tutorials
Evaluation systems and criteria
Bibliography and resources
Beal, Nancy The Art of Teatching Art to Children Farra, Straus and Giroux, New York. 2001 ISBN-13: 978-0374-52770-9 and ISBN-10:0-374-52770-9 (pb: alk.paper)
Corfee, Stephanie Paint Lab for Kids 52 Creative Adventures in Painting and Mixed Media for Budding Artists of All Ages (Lab Series) Quary Publishing Group, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63159-078-8 and digital edition ISBN: 978-1-63159-798-4
Hume, Helen D.The Art Teacher's Book of Lists 2ndedition,Jossey Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0470482087and ISBN-10: 0470482087
Hume, Helen D.TheArt Teacher’s Survival Guide for Elementary Schools 2ndedition,Jossey Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-4701-8302-1
Prince, Eille S. Art is Fundamental Teaching the Elements and Principles of Art in Elementary School Zephyr Press, Chicago Illinois, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1569762165 ISBN-10: 1569762163
Russi, Barbara Art Workshop for Children The Quarto Group, Beverly, MA, USA, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63159-143-3
Aronson, Marc Art Attack Clarion Books, NY, NY 1998 ISBN: 0-395-79729-2