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ART 616

Art Education: Secondary Schools

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Art theoretical and philosophical foundations of art education including a planned program of curriculum planning and implementation, classroom observations and basic pre-student teaching experiences.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • recognize that all students cannot, do not and will not learn in the same way and develop via written lesson plans via Goals and Objectives a number of ways of teaching the same concept in at least three different manners.
  • recognize that there is a major difference between GOALS [dispositional/”student will be able”] and OBJECTIVES [measurable/”students will] and plan accordingly.
  • recognize that those who are unable to recognize the abstractions necessary in traditional academic situations at the Secondary level have built a personal support system which allows them to function and this system must be accessed before the student is
  • develop units and lessons in Art which lend themselves to participation in exhibiting all work and encouraging critique responses from peers as well as teacher[s]in an interactive and totally non-threatening manner.
  • recognize that Art Instruction in the public schools goal is not to produce “visual artists”, but rather to engage those parts of our student’s brains not engaged by academic subjects and to promote bridges between all segments of the brain to encourage a
  • develop alternate scenarios which allow students to recognize that “play” is an integral part of education, that operating off the “what if” approach is what makes Art and Science function in much the same way and that “playing around with ideas” is many
  • utilize Nevada State Visual Art Standards and National Art Standards along with Common Core Standards in curriculum design and implementation.
  • build skills necessary for the 21 Century learners. Incorporate Elements of Design and Principles of Art, and STEAM, in your lessons.
  • create a semester long lesson plan designed to teach art in secondary classrooms that includes research-based components of effective writing and instruction.