Education in the Arts - O / Fall 2023

  ------------------- Review art installation found objects readymade Marcel Duchamp nature art conceptual art Ana Mendieta earth - body art collage ethnosphere Parts of a lesson Learning Theories Competency Based Curriculum / MDCPS -------------------- Quiz 1 Installation Art, Nature Art, Naive Art (Drawing) and Collage 1. How can an installation art piece  be used to teach an academic subject? 2. Why is nature's art a valid way of bringing attention to ecology? 3. Drawing enhances learning of language arts. Explain 4. A collage develops several skills while allowing children to be creative. Explain. 5. A class could begin with music and warm up. Students can be invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In class, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up, we could also add self-affirmations,  meditation , mindfulness and relaxation techniques. Why is this important for ...

  I Unit: Art Theme: Drawing   Introduction Drawing happens when one makes a picture or diagram with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint. For instance, "a series of charcoal drawings on white paper" are considered drawing. Modes of drawings can be broken down into three different types: realistic, symbolic, and expressive . II Learning Objectives   Understand why children face difficulties when drawing Explain Edward's theory about left brain-right brain Gain an awareness of the complexity of the brain  Experience the importance of drawing for children III WARM UP Mindfulness   IV   Creative Storming Students simulate the creation of a shaped object and pass it to the next student. Each student changes the object using hand gestures.   Question 1 Write a reflection about the activity and explain how you thing it could help your students.    ----------------------   V   Main Lesson   1   When one googles "why is...

    I  Unit: Student Learning   Theme: Collage   Introduction    To plan pedagogy effectively, teachers need to have a theory of how people learn.  They need to examine all factors relevant to learning.  Today, we will see how this works when organizing material for a collage based on the concept of the ethnosphere explained by Wade Davis. We will also get familiar with the work of Jacob Intilé in order to produce a collage that illustrates the interconnections of culture and nature. II   Learning Objectives       III   Main Lesson   1 Educational Article   Teaching and Learning: Lost in a Buzzword Wasteland   Question Let us read together paragraphs 1 - 3.  Let us discuss the rest of the article in groups. Group 1 1. How did teaching get this way? What be done to move teaching forward? (4th paragraph) Why do teachers pursuit simple solutions? (paragraphs 5 & 6)   Group 2 2. What...

 I Unit: Arts Education Theme: Compulsory Education   Introduction Today we will discuss compulsory education, which refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. This education may take place at a registered school or at other places. Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a certain school. All children who have attained the age of 6 years or who will have attained the age of 6 years by February 1 of any school year or who are older than 6 years of age but who have not attained the age of 16 years, except as otherwise provided, are required to attend school regularly during the entire school term.   Art education is, on the other hand, the set of instructions on how to use the language of art. People understand the world and assign a meaning to it using art. It is not required nor forced on people as part of the frame created by compulsor...