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PAGS 6352 ISSUES AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN ART EDUCATION 3 CREDITS

Synopsis

This course examines the pedagogical issues related to the teaching of art in current practice - both
from the theoretical and practical aspects. The major issue is viewed, among other things, is maasalah lessons
to students of different size groups. Teaching theory of interpretation in the visual arts, running assessment of
student achievement in the arts. Students will be engaged to provide a portfolio of teaching the art itself.

Assesment Method : Continuous assessment (Class forum; assignments; presentations): 70%,
Examination: 30%

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Dorn, Madeja & Sabol.(2004). Assesing Expressive Learning. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Press.
Freedman, K. (2003). Teaching Visual Culture: Curriculum, Aesthetics and the Scocial Life of Art. New York:
Teacher College Press.
Eisner, E.W.(2002). The Arts and the Creation of Mind. New Heaven: Yale University Press.

PAGS 6353 ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN 3 CREDITS

Synopsis

This course explores the historical and contemporary perspectives of children‟s artistic development.
The aims, among which, are to examine the relationships between children‟s intellectual growth, creative ability
and making art responses. Among the main topics discussed are history and theories of children‟s art,
characteristics and development of children‟s strategies in art, and children as art critics.

Assesment Method : Continuous assessment (Assignments; small scale research;
presentations): 70%, Exam: 30%

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Schiller, W. (2000) (ed.). Thinking through the arts. Singapore: Harwood Academic Publishers
Cox, M. (1992). Children’s drawings. London: Penguin Books.
Golomb, C. (1992). The child’s creation of pictorial world. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

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