ART 4496 Senior Art Education Orientation

A seminar course that begins before and accompanies the practicum/student teaching experience in Art Education. Serves as information and orientation to contemporary legal, ethical and logistical concerns of the pre-service art educator as well as a symposium for collaboration with Piedmont Alumni and other current educators in the content area. This course is a Pass (P)/Fail (F) course

Credits

1

Typically Offered

TBA

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Develop a knowledge of child development in the visual arts including how to assess artistic growth and progress; particularly in the Pk-6th grade developmental cycle.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of curriculum structures for elementary art programs in the content areas of studio production, art history and art analysis.
3. Develop a knowledge of art teaching methods and classroom management strategies appropriate to the elementary level, specific for the discipline of art.
4. Engage in practical experiences in working with the materials, media and processes appropriate to teaching elementary art.
5. Understand how to assess and evaluate student growth and development in art.
6. Demonstrate subject matter competency, critical thinking, and attempt to facilitate student learning in meaningful ways.
7. Prepare and use Piedmont lesson plans to on design learning segments that incorporate developmentally appropriately curriculum and instructional practices.
8. Demonstrate an ability and willingness to self-evaluate and to evaluate students using a variety of formal and informal assessments.