SHEI-CHAU WANGSchool of Art and DesignNorthern Illinois University, U.S.A.

Fakaltas Bahasa dan SeniUniveristas Negeri Yogyakarta

July 25, 2017

Art Education Methods and Assessment System:

Teaching Visual Culture and Beyond

Where is Illinois?

IL Area: 149,998 km²; Population: 12.8 millionJava: 128,297 km²; Population: 141 million

Chicago

NIU School of Art and DesignArt and Design EducationArt History

Studio ArtsDesign and Media Arts

Visual Art Teacher Licensure Program Requirements

General Education

Educational (Foundation)

Studio Arts Art+DesignEducation (Core)

Art+DesignEducation

• Writing• Mathematics• Science• Social

Science

• Educational Psychology

• History and Philosophy of American Education

• Drawing• Painting• Sculpture• Printmaking• Ceramics• Illustration• Jewelry • Design• Media Art• Time Art

• Elementary Methods

• Middle School Methods

• High School Methods

• Student Teaching

• Assessment• Technology• Special Needs• Contemporary

Theories• Community

Art

•What is your definition of art education?

•Who is qualified to teach art for K-12 students?

•What do art teachers offer in their classrooms?

•What are the expectations of art education in primary and secondary schools?

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1947

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1980s

1961

Criticism on DBAE in late 1990s: 1. Teachers…2. Capacity…

In the 21st century,

• Children’s learning behavior has changed to be more self-centered and multi-dimensional.

• Knowledge in art education and its teaching methods cannot be limited to classical, high, and Western-centered art/culture.

• Art learning is a process of cultural inquiry or exploration; all types of cross-disciplinary or integrated learning can be conducted to support such inquiry or exploration.

VISUAL

The current trend

Finding Visual Culture

Identity Conflict

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United Globe, Sébastien Cortwa, 2014 Hong Kong International Poster Triannual

Keifer-Boyd, K. & Maitland-Gholson, J. (2007). Engaging visual culture. Figure 3.1 An inter-visual process for constructing meaning from visual culture

Visual

Context

How to Teach Visual Culture

Assignment: Please draw a cat.

A Student’s Respond:

Result:

Formation of Visual Literacy

Visual Information

Viewers Maker(s)Communicating

Context

Imagining

Connecting(associating with knowledge and experience)

Evaluating

Who

Wh

en

Wh

ere

What

Context

Contextual Elements

Viewer Maker

InfoUnknown Heroes

Self-Admiration

ViewerMaker

Info

Viewer Maker

info

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Confusion

Good Matches

Viewer Creator

Info

Pierre Coffin

Building Context

Process of developing context

However, this happens more often thanthe fish example in a regular classroom.

How many children begin their art learning by coloring ready-made outlined images?

What do you think?

問題何在？

Changing Education Paradigms by Sir Ken Robinson 2008.6.16

https://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U

An Ideal Process of Teaching Visual Culture

Begin End

Assessing Visual Cultural Learning

1. Development Portfoliosa. to show growth or change over timeb. to help develop process skills such as self-evaluation and goal-settingc. to identify strengths and weaknessesd. to track the development of one more products/performances

2. Showcase Portfoliosa. to showcase end-of-year/semester accomplishmentsb. to prepare a sample of best work for employment or college admissionc. to showcase student perceptions of favorite, best or most important workd. to communicate a student's current aptitudes to future teachers

3. Evaluation Portfoliosa. to document achievement for grading purposesb. to document progress towards standardsc. to place students appropriately

edTPA: Teacher Performance Assessment

Terima kasih

SHEI-CHAU WANGscwang@niu.edu