Art Curriculum and Teaching Methods in the Secondary School

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Understand contemporary theory and practices of art education for secondary schools, as well as curriculum methods for studio, art history, and art criticism.
• Create unit plans as well as instruction lesson plans based on art education frameworks to include considerations for state and national visual arts standards.
• Develop professional awareness, comprehensible philosophy of art education, as well as strong dispositions and positive attitudes toward their forthcoming student teaching.
• Attain constructive knowledge of content in the field necessary for their student teaching.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
The Art Assignment	10%
Studio Lesson Teaching Demo	20%
Class Attendance and In-Class activities	50%
20-hour Practicum	20%

GRADING SCALE:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D-
0-59%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is a graded component of this class

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education, by Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, and Shirley Veenema [Available in UNCG Bookstore or online]