Art Pedagogy in the Primary and Secondary levels

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. understand the peculiarities of various grades and levels of students; 2. articulate and foresee the needs of these grades of students; 3. understand the capability of the students at their levels; and 4. understand the guiding principles of art education.

This course provides the conceptual frame of art in general education, calling attention to the location of art within the overall aim of educating the child. Studies in the artistic abilities of children, typologies of creative achievements concerning age and social class complex, from the age of scribbling to the age of artistic awareness, evaluating child art, strategies for building confidence artistic attainment in the child in critical practice and perception, understanding the workings of the art curricular for child pedagogy.