1. Dr. Amy Ruopp Townsend Hall 109 LTC 4240 – Art for Children

2. How do children learn? Creative Play
Experimentation-try and try again, reinvent
Wondering, discovery, imagination etc.
Multimodal investigations
Young children make meaning from meaningful play.
Youre going to hear a lot about the concept of “The big idea” We will work with four this semester, Identity, relationships, stories and celebrations. They come up with a big idea and then explore it from various perspectives.

3. What is ART anyway? How do you make creative decisions every day?
How can we broaden our definition of Art to include all these juicy ideas from the last page?
Art is any act which is meaning making through meaningful making. Its is about process.
Kids learn from adults early on about what is important by what we model. If there is little attention to visual literacy, to exploration and wonder, they learn to interact that way. This does NOT serve them in this crazy new world we live in where change is the only constant.

4. CANVAS Weebly: http://artforchildrenfs17.weebly.com
Course information will be on two sites:
MOSt of what you need will be on weebly
There is a link on the site at the end of this PPT
CANVAS
Weebly:
I will send out announcements via black board as well as grades.

5. The foci of this course will center on teaching methods and strategies relating to art, which are appropriate for elementary students K-6. Students in this class will explore studio thinking through media exploration and material related visual art education experiences and their interconnections across disciplines.

6. Required Text/Sources
Mizzou Media Custom Publishing Booklet for LTC 4240 Art for Children-Elementary-Sections 1, 2, & 3 SP2013 available at University Bookstore
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York, NY: Riverhead.
Artful Teaching
Selected reviews, examples, videos provided during class time or on the LTC 4240 Canvas or Weebly course website.

7. COURSE ASSIGNMENTS & EXPECTATIONS

9. Please stay on top of due dates and assignment expectations by checking weebly and reviewing the syllabus/course outline, and daily agenda . While the syllabus may say tentative schedule, I will let you know clearly if things change. Otherwise, ASSUME the dates are as written in the course outline.
Please let me know in advance if you know you will be absent. If you are ill an is fine. Check the weebly site for missed content and see me as soon as possible if clarification is required. I will not come after you. 
Please arrive on time .
If you find yourself overwhelmed or lost, do not wait until the day before something is due to talk with me.
-•Readings: We may not always discuss during class; students should cite in studio reflections or in development paper.

10. Assignments

11. Field Reflections
Weebly Reflections: Elementary art and classroom observations in assigned field experience location (outside of class)

12. Visual Literacy/Visual Research Movie and in depth reflection
This semester long project utilizes the iPad or phone as a creative device for telling visual stories and attending to where we put our attention. The four themes of each unit, which serve as big ideas for studio experiences, also guide the visual research exploration thorough the semester. At the end of each unit, a short section of your visual research film will also be due.  You will have a total for four sections which will be assembled into a larger video at the end of the term. Explanations and some work time will be provided during class. This is visual research and is replacing a formal research paper.

13. Weebly Portfolio
Students will initiate and utilize a Weebly website as personal portfolio to hold studio images and reflections as well as additional coursework. This is a professional vessel you can use for future interviews. Craft it well.

15. Interdisciplinary Lesson design and implementation:
Following a similar format our studios take, you will work collaboratively to design and implement an interdisciplinary experience which you will deliver to the class. This is a culminating project, putting to work all you have learned this semester.

16. Daily Agenda, Course Outline, and Syllabus:
Review Weebly for
Daily Agenda, Course Outline, and Syllabus:

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