The basic mission
of our undergraduate Art Education curriculum is to prepare
future art teachers to meet the challenges of teaching
in public school. Our goal is to produce a professional
art educator who can meet the needs of all learners
in a variety of educational environments.
The
Art Education Program at WIU is aligned with
Illinois state standards and will prepare
the students to:
Understand the sensory elements, organizational
principles, and expressive qualities of the visual
arts.
Understand the commonalities, distinctions, and
connections in and among the fine arts.
Understand the process and production of the visual
arts.
Be able to apply knowledge and skills necessary
to create expressively and with technical proficiency
in a range of media and processes.
Be able to analyze how the visual arts function
in history, society and everyday life.
Understand how the visual arts shape and reflect
history, society, and everyday life.
Understand and will able to apply pedagogical knowledge
and skills appropriate to the teaching of the visual
arts.
Art
Education courses offered Spring 2008:
EDUC 439 - High School Art Methods,
Tues/Thurs 9-11:30
ART 360 - Elementary Art Methods, Tues/Thurs 12-1:15
Art-Ed
Connect
New! Art-Ed Connect on WesternOnline
Art-Ed
Connect is
a mentoring and peer program for all WIU Art Education
students. This is an opportunity
for Seniors and Student Teachers to share their experiences
with each other and also to guide, discuss and answer
questions from Fresh, Soph, and Juniors. Discussion
questions from myself, and from you, will help make
this a successful clearinghouse of information. This
will
especially be beneficial during and post-student
teaching. Got a great lesson plan that worked during
student teaching -- don't forget to share it. Got
a lesson that didn't work so well -- share it anyway
(get some input from your peers).
If
you are an Art Education major and not enrolled
in the Art-Ed Connect let me know.
I should have all students that are currently enrolled
in Art Education classes. If you are not taking
current AE courses I may not have you enrolled
in
Art-Ed Connect.
To
access Art-Ed Connect just log into WesternOnline
and you will see the link.
Art-Ed Students
ART
437 student Liz Thielemann about her experience
in the classroom.
ART
437 Media & Methods students in the classroom.
ART 437 Students
ART
437 students have
been designing lesson plans for elementary
and now have the opportunity of practical application.
By teaching the lessons in a "real world
scenario" is an invaluable experience. Thanks
to an area school it became a reality.
