EDPR3014 or 5 EDP385 Vis&Media Arts Ed - Lesson analysis template

VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION: LESSON ANALYSIS Guide to completing the worksheet 1. Insert thumbnail images documenting process and finished work Insert and label 4 jpegs (about 4cm in size) images showing 1. Any features of the room and materials presentation that are significant 2. The stages of the arts investigation process 3. Resolved artwork/s (finished) 2. Brief description of the main activities E.g. Creating a Notan design using an initial of our name. 3. What materials and preparation are required? E.g. Black and white cartridge paper, glue sticks, scissors, exemplars of Notan. 4. Arts concepts being taught or explored (educational purpose) E.g. 1. Images are a combination of positive and negative shapes 2. The Japanese design principle of Notan aims to balance positive and negative shapes using contrast between white and black. 3. When painting we need to think of the negative shapes as much as the positive ones. 5. What steps have been taken to build knowledge? E.g. Rubin vase/profile basis for discussion as well as images of artworks that showed how every part of the page works in the image. Different patterns demonstrated. 6. What arts vocabulary is attached to this activity (and what does it mean)? E.g. Negative shape – the shape left behind or created as a result of outlining the intended shape. 7. What steps have been taken to develop imaginative and individual responses? E.g.: Students use their own initial and are encouraged to experiment with different patterns until satisfied they have achieved a strong Notan effect. 8. What references have been made to artists, artworks or arts traditions? What have you learned about the world of art and how are these references relevant to the arts activities you are engaged in yourself? E.g.: Notan is a Japanese design concept that uses a strong contrast between black and white shapes to create balance. This helps make the idea of positive and negative shapes very clear. Practising this increases our sensitivity to this important art concept. 9. With reference to your readings/videos/discussions explain how this arts learning experience exemplifies the principles and pedagogy of arts education, the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum. This is a critical element of this worksheet I.e., Refer back to your readings and then make the case for how this arts activity is a good example of arts education principles (self-expression, meaning making, open-ended activities, process versus product, creativity etc etc) in action. Make the case - meaning convince the reader that this arts activity is an authentic way of engaging in arts education. Ditto, the curriculum. 3

VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION: LESSON ANALYSIS 5 Apply professional skills to plan, organise, teach, assess and review, in the context of an improvement cycle, an arts learning activity undertaken with children, that reflect authentic arts learning principles and pedagogy. General observations about your learning 6

VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION: LESSON ANALYSIS General observations about your learning Bothwell, D., & Mayfield, M. (1991). Notan: The dark-light principle of design . Dover Publications. (Bothwell & Mayfield, 1991) 9