ART 355-001L: Teaching of Art
Spring 2014
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Meeting Time: Tuesdays 10:20 – 12:30
Meeting Place: Room S211 in Arts and Communication Center (A/C)
Instructor: Dr. Jaehan Bae
Office: Room 526 A/C
E-mail: baej@uwosh.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10-12 and by appointment.
Office Phone: (920) 424-7054
Overview
Planning art experiences to meet the needs of elementary and middle school art programs.
The creation of art products and plans appropriate to grades K-9. Preparation, care and
use of art materials. Prerequisite: Art 203: Concepts and Creations and Admission I.
Course Goals
By the end of the course, future educators are able to:
1. effectively write a cross-curricular visual arts lesson plan.
2. properly learn basic three visual arts integration frameworks: learning with,
through, and about visual arts.
3. comprehensively learn visual thinking strategies (VTS), art skills, and concepts
that can be applied to their future class.
4. keenly reflect their teaching in order to get a long-term improvement of their
professional development.
Attendance Policy
Your attendance is significant. You must attend entire meeting times. Points will be
deducted from your total score for each absence or late arrival. You lose 12 points for
one absence and 6 points for one 10 minutes late arrival and if you leave a class early
without my approval you lose 6 points. I will not have any make-up times, provide
handouts, or present any significant concepts due to your absence. You have one excuse
for your absence. Please keep your excuse for your emergency. If you missed class more
than 5 times, you fail this course.
Class Etiquette
Please TURN YOUR CELL PHONE OFF and do not text during the class. If I hear your
phone ring or vibrate and if you text, you will lose 12 points per one time and you must
leave class immediately. I don’t allow you to use laptop, mp3, i-pod, radio, or other
entertaining electronic devices in the classroom. You will also lose five points if you use
portable electronic devices in the classroom.
Academic Misconduct
If you violate the University Academic Policy, you will fail this course. Refer to
http://www.uwosh.edu/deanofstudents/university-policesprocedures/documents/ChapterUWS14.pdf for more details.
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Requirements and Evaluation
I grade all your requirements, and you need to grade them as well. Your final grade will
be the average of the two grades. Your grade will be based on six components. Following
are criteria and weights for grades:
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Discussion leader: 50 points
Conducting Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Presentation: 50 points
Writing about your VTS images: 14 writings x 2 points=28 points
Four pages (paper) of your teaching ideas of visual arts for your classroom (70
points), its presentation (20 points), and your example of artwork (10 points): 100
points
5. Reflections (55 points):
 Keep daily nine chapter reflections (Nine chapters and two articles x 5 points
= 55 points.)
6. Attendance and Class Etiquette (Read attendance and class etiquette policy
above!)
Letter grades will be assigned using the following scale:
A = 95% – 100%
A- = 90% – 94.9%
B+ = 87% – 89.9%
B = 83% – 86.9%
B- = 80.0% – 82.9%
C+ = 77% – 79.9%
C = 73% – 76.9%
C- = 70% – 72.9%
D+ = 67% – 69.9%
D = 63% – 66.9%
D- = 60% – 62.9%
F = Below 59.9%
ADA Statement
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should: 1) register with and
provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC); 2) bring a
letter to the instructor from SDRC indicating that you need academic accommodations.
This should be done within the first weeks of class. This and other class materials are
available in alternative format upon request.
Academic Honor Statement
The Academic Honor System of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is based on the
premise that each student has the responsibility: 1) to uphold the highest standards of
academic integrity in the student’s own work, 2) to refuse to tolerate violation of
academic integrity in the University community, and 3) to foster a high sense of integrity
and social responsibility on the part of the University community.
Required Textbook
Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (Eds.). (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books,
graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and
thinking skills. CA: Thousand Oaks. Corwin Press.
Supplies
The instructor will provide all supplies needed for each art project.
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To Succeed in This Course You Should Know the Following:
Discussion leader. I ask you to sign up to be the discussion leader, who will be in
charge of class discussion, for one class period. The textbook includes thirteen chapters,
and we will discuss each chapter in the first period of class. All students must read each
chapter, especially those who have signed up to discuss that particular chapter in class.
Discussion leaders need to cover the following components in order to maintain quality
of discussion:
 Recap and summarize the chapter. (Please do not simplify this!)
 Share your prior knowledge and experiences that are associated with the ideas
of the chapter.
 Make a quality at least 20 PowerPoint presentation slides with visual images.
 Find out purposes or intentions of the author.
 Introduce and explain main ideas and concepts.
 Raise and ask significant questions.
 Discuss each idea, content, and concept from the chapter.
 Provide interesting at least two class activities that allow other students to
better understand the chapter.
 Listen to other students’ opinions very carefully and provide your feedback on
them.
 Share conclusions, findings, and final thoughts about the chapter with the
class.
 Discuss how the main concept can be applied to your future teaching.
 It MUST last at least 35minutes! If you don’t meet 30 minutes, I will reduce
FIVE points per minute.
Please submit your copy of PowerPoint slide and the assessment form after a presentation.
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Presentation. This is one of significant
components that students need to master VTS so that they are able to apply VTS to their
teaching. Each student need to select one image to conduct VTS with other students. For
this, you can bring your chosen image with a high quality resolution. Please visit
http://vtshome.org/ for more information and you can find video clips how classroom
teachers conduct VTS with their students. You also need to apply these rules when you
present:
 Ask the questions provided to initiate an active process of discovery and probing
on the part of the students.
 Listen carefully to and acknowledge every answer by looking with the students at
the image, pointing to those details mentioned, and paraphrasing what students
say.
 Facilitate the discussion as it progresses, linking various converging and
diverging opinions and helping students to synthesize a variety of viewpoints.
 Encourage further inquiry, keeping the process open-ended and asking students to
stretch and search for information beyond what they know.
You also need to use three VTS questions:
 What is going on in this picture?
 What do you see that makes you say that?
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 What more can we say?
Here are requirements of VTS presentation:
 A copy of your chose image with credits. (10 pts.)
 One-page written your research about your art work. (10 pts.)
 One-page your written evaluation of your VTS presentation. (10 pts.)
 Your VTS presentation (20 pts.)
Participation. Your participation is one of the most significant factors of class
discussion. Remember individual growth results from participations. You cannot keep up
with class discussion if you don’t read each chapter. I strongly encourage you to share
your ideas, thoughts and experiences during discussion. In order to get a better quality of
discussion you must read the assigned chapter(s) accordingly. Your notes or doodles may
help you remember what you read and think. You need to type a one-page summary for
each chapter with your thoughts and reflections; this should be kept in your folder. Please
remember, you learn not only from the professor but from your classmates as well. The
class discussion will not finish until each student says something about the assigned
reading. I encourage you to speak your thoughts at least three times a day.
Writing about Teaching Ideas of Visual Arts. You need to write your teaching
ideas about visual arts with other subject matters. Your paper will be applied to your
future classroom. You describe your teaching ideas that could be incorporated with what
you learned from the course. You need to share your ideas with classmates. Your paper
must be applied three ideas: learning with, through, and about visual arts. You also must
make your example of artwork. Your small presentation with PowerPoint slides should
last at least 10 minutes.
Reflections. It can be your useful reference in the future. Please keep your daily
notes, chapter reflections (55 percent for a summary of the chapter and 45 percent for
your critical thoughts about the chapter), warm-ups and guidelines of studio art projects
that you get from both D2L and the instructor, your artworks, notes, and your
reflections―whatever is relative to this course―in your folder.
D2L. I post any documents and evaluation forms that will be used in this course
on D2L. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I
would like to meet with you during my office hours and by appointment. If you have any
questions, please send an e-mail, give a call, or come by my office. As you know, mutual
communication is the best way to solve problems and a key for success in the course.
Please keep your due day. Keeping your due day is a key for succeeding in your
profession as well as in this course. There is no excuse for late submissions. I deduct 10
points for a late submission. Please check the attached calendar.
Calendar
Day 1 (2/4): Orientation
 Class Activity:
o Go over syllabus and discuss class policy.
o Introduce the textbook, assignments, and classroom.
o Discuss basic art concepts.
 Homework:
o Read article #1 and article #2.
o Write a reflection for each article.
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Day 2 (2/11): Sing-up for Discussion Leader
 Class Activity:
o Discuss article #1 and #2
o Presentations of the two articles. Demonstration of Visual Thinking
Strategy (VTS) activity
o Submit your written reflection.
 Homework:
o Read chapter 1.
o Write a reflection of the chapter.
Day 3 (2/18): Sign-up for your chapter and VTS activity
 Class Activity:
o Presentation chapter 1 by the professor and discussion of the article and
chapter 1.
o Sign-up for your chapter and VTS presentation
 Homework:
o Read chapter 2 and write your reflection.
Day 4 (2/25):
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 2 and discuss the reading.
o Two presentations of VTS
 Homework:
o Read chapter 3 and write a reflection of the chapter.
Day 5 (3/4):
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 3 and discuss the reading.
o Two presentations of VTS
 Homework:
o Read chapter 4 and write the reflection.
Day 6 (3/11):
 Homework:
o Read chapter 5 and write a reflection of the chapter.
o Two presentations of VTS
Day 7 (3/18):
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 5 and discuss the reading.
o Two presentations of VTS
 Homework:
o Read chapter 5 and write a reflection.
Spring Break
Day 8 (4/1):
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o Present chapter 6 and discuss the reading.
o Two presentations of VTS
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Homework:
o Read chapter 7 and write a reflection.
o Read a sample #1 of student’s final paper.
o Bring and read guidelines of a final paper and two examples.
Day 9 (4/8): Overview of Final Paper
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 7 and discuss the readings.
o Two presentations of VTS
o Introduce your final paper.
 Homework:
o Read chapter 8 and write a reflection.
o Read a sample #2 of student’s final paper
o Bring your ideas of final paper.
Day 10 (4/15):
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 8 and discuss the readings.
o Two presentations of VTS
o Sign-up for your final paper presentation
 Homework:
o Read chapters 9 and write your reflections.
Day 11 (4/22):
 Class Activity:
o Present chapter 9 and discuss the reading.
o Making your example in class.
 Homework:
o Working on your paper, example, and presentation.
Day 12 (4/29): Presentations for your teaching idea of visual arts (Group 1)
 Class Activity:
o Presentation of your teaching ideas for visual arts.
 Homework:
o Finish your paper.
Day 13 (5/6): Due day for Your Final Paper and Folder (Group 2)
 Class Activity:
o Presentation of your teaching ideas for visual arts.
o Submit your paper and folder.
Day 14 (5/13): Finale
 Class Activity:
o Pick you your portfolio and announce final grade.
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