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EDAE951 Teaching Visual Arts: Junior Secondary

Updated: 06 April 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradDipEd(Visual Arts) or MTeach(Sec)(Visual Arts)
Co-requisites None
Restrictions EDAE906
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Frances Alter (falter@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The aim of this unit is to supplement and extend learning undertaken in the unit EDAE950 that introduces students to teach Visual Arts to Years 7-10 in the secondary school. This unit incorporates current reforms in visual arts curriculum development, recent research in junior secondary visual arts education, and national and state professional teaching and learning standards. Emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to effectively teach, manage, evaluate, and organise resources to teach junior secondary school students within the broader curriculum. Attention will be given to the educational requirements of other Australian states as well as those of NSW.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Art is Making, Creating and Appreciating
ISBN: 9780701633905
Jane, S. and Darby, M., Wiley Vol. 1 1998
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Art is Making, Creating and Appreciating
ISBN: 9780701634186
Darby, M. and Jane, S., Wiley Vol. 2 1999
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Visual Arts 7-10 Syllabus and Units of Work
ISBN: 9781740996884
Board of Studies NSW 2003
Note: OR Download from: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Essay 50% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Visual arts teaching program 50% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 3, 4, 6 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a broad understanding of the study of the visual arts including recent theory and practice, and conventions of practice in art criticism and art history;
  2. identify and articulate clear learning goals that reflect important conceptual understandings of visual arts education at the secondary level, particularly Stage 4;
  3. demonstrate a research-based knowledge of a range of strategies for teaching and assessing visual arts practices in the visual arts classroom;
  4. demonstrate an understanding of practices relating to that of an art writer and critic and the conceptual frames used to guide student critical investigations;
  5. demonstrate professional competence in creating art works and recognise the accountability of the teacher in terms of ensuring safety and social responsibility in all teaching and learning processes and practices; and
  6. understand the place of secondary visual arts in the continuum of learning in the Arts K-12 and the links between Stage 3 and 4.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students must demonstrate a broad understanding of the study of the visual arts including recent theory and practice, and conventions of practice in art criticism and art history. Students also need to be able to Identify and articulate clear learning goals that reflect important conceptual understandings of visual arts education at the secondary level, particularly Stage 4. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students' communication skills are practiced in a variety of activities including face-to-face workshops, oral presentations, and web forums. Criteria for assessment of skills is established for assignments. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students' global perspectives attributes will be practiced during group and individual activities. These will be assessed through research of the social, cultural and education context for visual arts teaching and the design of appropriate learning sequences that address the diversity of student needs. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Assessment tasks require students to evaluate and incorporate a variety of technologies to support learning. Students are expected to research these in order to demonstrate their information literacy skills through submitted assignments. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students are taught about the place of secondary visual arts in the continuum of learning particularly in regards to School Arts K-12 developmental links. Students themselves participate in on-going personal development as both artist practitioners and as arts teachers. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students are taught and expected to research problem-based learning in the visual arts. They must demonstrate the application of their own problem solving skills to learning tasks through submitted assignments. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
In one of the study modules students investigate the social role that art in schools play in defining values. Consideration is given to social and cultural education through Visual Arts. A major aspect of this unit is exploring personal values and ideology in relation to art education. Developing empathy, respect and understanding within the classroom is promoted through encouraging acceptance of alternative viewpoints. Studying the effects of popular culture and ideals, generational change, and concepts of student mental and physical welfare in the art classroom are incorporated in the unit of study- Students learn and are tested on their knowledge of health and safety factors within Visual Arts activities. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students are required to participate in class group forums and blogs contributing and debating ideas and issues. 		True
   

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