ART 385, Art Education Theory and Practice
SDSU-SD Spring 2015
619-787-8544, kpalese@mail.sdsu.edu
INSTRUCTOR: KATE PALESE
Office hours: After class and by appt.
Course Description:
This course deals with the role of art in child and adolescent development, art heritage, diversity and
equity in art education and teaching methodologies. For art majors interested in pursuing the single
subject teaching credential
Student learning outcomes:
As a result of this course, students will be able to:
 Discuss theories of art instruction, art instruction history
 Design and instruct art lessons that are both skills building and creative and reflect a historical
context using the Visual and Performing Arts Standards for the State of California
 Identify appropriate artists for a variety of art elements and techniques
 Reflect in writing about art activities and apply lesson plan concepts to the actions
 Reflect in writing on the process of art making and art teaching
 Create a semester plan that has a logical progression of art projects.
 Develop and present historical and cultural contexts for art making.
 Practice responding to student questions and difficulties in a rational and calm manner, making
the art classroom a safe place to take risks and be creative.
Materials and resources to be obtained by students: See materials list on Blackboard
Grading Method.
8
2
8
2
8
2
5
10
8
10
5
10
5
7
10
100
Print
Reflection on print process
Mobile
Reflection on mobile process
Art Game
Reflection on art game process
Team lesson one
Individual lesson
All group art
Historical presentation
Written support
Semester syl
Crit day
Lesson taught
Participation
Points total
Graded tasks are subject to change.
You are expected to be in class on time and to stay for the entire class. You are expected to bring your
materials to class. Occasionally that task will receive a grade. Projects are to be worked on in class.
A:
B:
C:
D:
F:
Excellent achievement, doing more than required and doing it well
Above average, good work, well crafted and creative
Average, all work completed on time
Below average, work poorly crafted or frequently late
Failing, work uncompleted, poorly crafted, lacking effort and creativity
Main assignments (we will discuss each project in depth later in the semester.
Studio Assignments
 3 studio art assignments to further your art making skills and creativity while considering how
the projects would be developed in the art classroom.
2-3 Lesson plans
 One team one for experience, 5 pts
 The student will write one individual lesson plan. These lesson plans will use the Visual and
Performing Arts Standards for the State of California as their objective model. Each lesson will
include a modeling section that shall focus on student creativity. Each lesson will also have a
backup plan to ensure it is flexible to the student responses. Each lesson will also include a
section on how to encourage problem solving and risk taking. 10 pts
 The last one is to be taught to the class. Only Rubric and Standards are required to be handed in.
see below
Lesson plan presentation
 One of these lessons will be presented to the class. The class will ask question or pose situations
to which the student will respond. The Student will develop several ways to respond to art
making issues.
 Example: a student is extremely frustrated, or finds the material difficult to touch).
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The lesson that is presented shall also use an aspect of California as the Historical and Cultural
Context. This will give the student a good collection of California Culture from which to pull in
their future classroom
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This project that is taught by the student will include a critique portion where the formal
language of art will be used to describe, analyze, and evaluate the finished work.
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The student will present their rubric and rational for that rubric to the class. Discussion will be
required so that the student can provide a solid foundation for the rubric.
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After the presentation a written reflection on the experience and any changes to the lesson will be
submitted with the lesson plan. The class will also write a brief reflection of the project
experience to be given to the student anonymously.
Brief topic presentation:
 Each student will be assigned an art educator or art education issue to do a 10 minute
presentation using PowerPoint
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The presentation will include a bibliography to be handed in.
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The presentation will be graded on factual accuracy, understanding of topic and depth of
presentation. Please USE IMAGES, NOT WORDS in your PowerPoint.
Semester plan.
The student will plan out a semester using the Calendar from a California School. The area of study
is the student’s choice
Late work will be marked down one full grade for each class period it is late. A project is late when it
is not ready for critique at the beginning of class. You are allowed to turn in only three projects late.
You may not make up any of the last student directed projects. There are no excused late submissions
After the third late project your work will not be accepted.
Student privacy and intellectual property:
All student grades and feedback will be held confidential. Student work may be shown to future classes
and the wider public. There is a waiver to be signed under Documents on Blackboard.
Accommodations for students with disabilities If you are a student with a disability and believe you
will need accommodations for this class; it is your responsibility to contact Student Disability Services
at (619) 594-6473. To avoid any delay in the receipt of your accommodations, you should contact
Student Disability Services as soon as possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive, and
that I cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received an
accommodation letter from Student Disability Services.