EDUC6709

Teaching Practices Art

10 Units 6000 Level Course

Not available in 2014

Previously offered in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

This course will develop students pedagogical understanding of a variety of teaching strategies suitable for use at secondary school level. Students will examine Visual Arts syllabi. They will consider the rationale of the syllabi, develop lesson and unit plans suitable for a particular syllabus (using knowledge of a variety of teaching strategies introduced in this course) and gather resources that will help them to teach Visual Arts at the secondary school level.

Objectives To develop in students an understanding of the rationale for secondary school Visual Arts syllabi, and to consider a variety of teaching strategies suitable for pupils at the secondary school level and design suitable lesson and unit plans to implement those syllabi.
Content There will be a series of weekly lectures examining a broad array of teaching strategies suitable for use with pupils at the secondary school level. The lectures will examine general bases for these approaches and criteria for teacher decisions regarding their effective use.

There will be weekly tutorials conducted by a Visual Arts specialist. The tutorials will cover specific programming and evaluation approaches for Visual Arts classes.
Transition None required
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge Discipline knowledge and EDUC6724
Modes of Delivery Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments Students will produce approximately 5000 words or equivalent in assessment activities. There will be three assignments (two worth 30 % each and one worth 40 %) relating to the use of programming and evaluation in the Visual Arts classroom.

There is a computer competency requirement in this course.
Contact Hours Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 10 weeks
Tutorial: for 3 hour(s) per Week for 10 weeks