Art for Teachers of Children—Arts 130—Spring 2016
Mondays 5:10 p.m.—9:00 p.m.; Building C
Office Hour: Tuesdays, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Professor Julia Schmitt Healy
jhealy@qcc.cuny.edu
http://artforteachersofchildren.blogspot.com
Course
Description from Catalog
Provides
art experiences for teachers of children using materials and techniques that
are easily translatable to art experiences for children. Class work will
include paint, clay, cut paper, found materials, printmaking, paper mache and
puppets. There will be class discussion and keeping of a log
(sketchbook/journal). This course is also recommended for students interested
in Art Therapy and Occupational Therapy.
Introduction:
This hands-on course will explore art materials and techniques for K-6
teachers. Students will learn how
to develop age-appropriate lessons using collage, drawing, painting,
printmaking and sculpture. Both stand-alone
art projects and projects that integrate art with other subjects will be emphasized. Students will create a portfolio of
their work and keep sketchbook/journals during the semester.
Course
Objectives:
At the end of the course, students will:
At the end of the course, students will:
· Be comfortable with a variety of art
materials and techniques
· Understand how art lessons can drive
academic learning
· Be able to analyze their own work and the
work of others
· Have a broad understanding of art education
concepts
· Know what is age-appropriate for the various
elementary grades
·
Have knowledge of the art elements, visual
arts standards and principles of design
Attendance
and Lateness: Attendance is mandatory. If you will not be available
to attend this class every week, please consider taking it at another time. No
make-up work will be allowed in class, as there is no time. You are responsible for the materials
necessary to complete missed at home work. Three absences (excused or not) are grounds for a
failing grade or automatic withdrawal.
I will check your homework at the beginning of each class. Since this is a hands-on class, demonstrations are important, so please be on time.Two
tardies will be counted as one absence.
If you will have an ongoing scheduling conflict, please discuss it with
me at the beginning of the semester.
Leaving
early without permission from the professor will be counted as a tardy.
Late work due to an unexcused absence
will be lowered by a minimum of one grade. If you were ill, bring a
doctor’s note to excuse the absence.
Each
week there will be a very brief discussion at the beginning of the class with both
sections on an educational topic. The information presented in these segments
will help you in designing your Museum Lesson Plan and Presentation and make
your creative work more appropriate for the elementary classroom.
"Do-Nows":
There will be occasional warm-up assignments given as a way to help you ready
your ideas for the upcoming project. These will be graded as part of your
sketchbook/journal overall grade.
Grading:
Individual grades will be given for projects and averaged together to make up
50% of your grade. Your written
work and sketchbook/journal will count for 25%. Your lesson plan and presentation
of your lesson will count as 15% and class participation and attendance will
count as 10% to total 100%.
Supplies:
Materials and supplies for this class are extensive but there is no overpriced
textbook to buy! We will discuss
how to approach buying the materials the first class, as some classes have preferred
to buy the supplies as a group.
You must come prepared to work every week. Do not expect other students
to supply you with materials and tools! I will let you know each week what you need to bring and
I will post it on our blog.
Writing Help: You may want to refer
to a very helpful website operated by Purdue University:
http://owl.english.edu
The
format to use is the MLA one and they have many resources available to help you
make your writing better.
Feb. 1 Introduction
& Syllabus
Group
Lesson. Materials: Oil Pastels.
Writing Assignment #1, Early Art
Memories and Attitudes about Art, due next week
Feb. 8 Bats Lesson Discussion and What art the art elements?
Drawing Projects--Drawing Game, Contour Shoe, Upside-Down Drawing of Animal.
Materials: Pencil/colored pencil/markers.
Writing Assignment #2, Create a simple story for a Shape Book of at
least four pages. Also: design a non-verbal narrative having to do with science for an accordion book of
6 pages or sections, due next week.
NO SCHOOL FEBRUARY 15--Closed for President's Day
Feb. 22 What does a Lesson Plan for Art look like? What use is it?
Feb. 22 What does a Lesson Plan for Art look like? What use is it?
Shape Books and Accordion Books,
Writing Assignment #3, write a story for
a pop-up book that has two or more characters and a beginning, middle and end. The story itself can be very
short, and glued or printed at the bottom of each page. Due next week.
Feb. 29 What are Visual Arts Standards?
Shape
Books and Accordion Books finished and handed in.
Pop-Ups
Introduced.
Homework: Create a page in the front of your
sketchbook using your name as the motif
Mar. 7 What does a Unit look like?
Pop-Up
Books.
Homework: Create a page in your
sketchbook/journal that combines two pages in which the first one is cut to
resemble a window. You decide how to make it fun and interesting.
Mar. 14 What are rubrics and how do I grade and
assess art?
Discussion of Lesson Plan and Presentation
Pop-Up
Books,
Homework: In your sketchbook/journal,
draw a series of at least ten patterns using geometric shapes, symmetry, asymmetry,
organic shapes, and repetition, etc.
Mar. 21 Creativity
and teaching for artistic behavior
Basic
Clay Techniques—Pinch Pot, Coil, Pulled Figure.
Homework: In your sketchbook/journal,
take a line for a walk on an entire page, never crossing over itself. Make it
intricate.
Mar. 28 Classroom Management
Printmaking
Projects.
Homework: Work on your Lesson Plan.
Apr. 4 Art Materials Primer
Printmaking
continued. Painting S/J Covers.
Homework: Draw a Noun/Adjectives Game
Image in Your Sketchbook/Journal.
Apr. 11 Lesson Plan Drafts Due.
Process
Versus Product
Patterned Paper Collages; Glazing Clay.
Homework: Make a found collage using
paper from our life: receipts, bills, junk mail, shopping lists, Starbucks
napkins, newspapers, flyers, etc. Give it a theme—Portrait of Me, etc.
Apr. 18 Lesson Plan Drafts Returned.
Talking about art, sharing and self-reflection and Safety
Talking about art, sharing and self-reflection and Safety
Using Paper Creatively.
Homework: Invent two characters to make as simple finger puppets. Draw them in your sketchbook/journal.
Homework: Invent two characters to make as simple finger puppets. Draw them in your sketchbook/journal.
NO CLASS APRIL 25--School Closed
May 2 Lesson Plan Presentations
Paper Mache Masks and Plastercraft Finger Puppets.
Homework: Design how you plan to paint your mask in your sketchbook/journal.
May 9 Lesson Plan Presentations
Painting masks and Finger Puppets.
May 16 Critiques.
May 2 Lesson Plan Presentations
Paper Mache Masks and Plastercraft Finger Puppets.
Homework: Design how you plan to paint your mask in your sketchbook/journal.
May 9 Lesson Plan Presentations
Painting masks and Finger Puppets.
May 16 Critiques.
"ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
As
stated in the current college catalog, any student who needs specific
accommodations based on the impact of a disability should register with the
office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) to be eligible for
accommodations, which are determined on an individual basis. The SSD office is
located in the Science Building, room S-132 (718-631-6257). Students should
also contact their instructor privately to discuss their specific needs."
