Course Contents

Introduction to the Art, Crafts, and Calligraphy course Week # Topics/themes UNIT 1 Week 1 Introduction to art education • Overview of the course • What is art? What is craft? • The course portfolio Week 2 Approaches to art teaching • Art and child development • Why teach art and craft in elementary grades • The role of the teacher in teaching art, crafts, and calligraphy UNIT 2: History and culture Week # Topics/themes Week 3 Art and culture in ancient Indus Valley civilizations • Art and crafts (the development of pottery and metalwork, printing on cloth, bead making) • Planning teaching and learning based on the art and culture of ancient Indus Valley civilizations Week 4 Approaches to art teaching • Art and child development • Why teach art and craft in elementary grades • The role of the teacher in teaching art, crafts, and calligraphy Week 5 Calligraphy • Calligraphy in different cultures and traditions around the world • Persian artists and their calligraphy • Pakistani calligraphers (Anwar Jalal Shemza, Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Ismail Gulgee, and Shakir Ali) • Making calligraphy using different tools and mediums Week 6 20th-century art in Pakistan • Introduction to Cubism (Pakistani artists Shakir Ali and Mansoor Rahi) • Introduction to realism (Pakistani artists Ali Imam, Iqbal Hussain, Khalid Iqbal, and Anna Molka Ahmed) • Introduction to abstraction (Pakistani artists Ahmed Parvez UNIT 3: Elements and principles of design Week # Topics/themes Week 7 The elements and principles of design (lines and colour) • Elements of art and their importance: line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and colour • Lines and what they do in art • Types of lines: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zigzag, and curved • Line variation, length, width, and texture • Colour and the colour wheel (primary, secondary, and tertiary colours) • Characteristics of colour: hue, value, and intensity Week 8 The elements and principles of design (size, shape, and texture) • Use of space • Two dimensions and three dimensions in art • Geometric shapes and forms • Organic shapes and forms • Texture UNIT 3: Elements and principles of design Week # Topics/themes Week 9 Printing and patterns • Printing: vegetable printing, leaf printing, and block printing • Pattern making: geometrical and organic patterns Week 10 and 11 Drawing and painting • Pencil drawing, graphite drawing, crayons, pastels, etc. • Shading techniques • Painting • Still life • Landscape UNIT 4: Crafts Week # Topics/themes Week 12 Crafts in Pakistan • Crafts practiced and made in Pakistan • Crafts and technology • Doing craftwork and making handicrafts (for example, puppets and puppetry, textiles, making beads, making mosaics and mirror work, and pottery). 1 Week 13 Doing crafts with children in the elementary grades • Doing craftwork and handicrafts • Crafts across the curriculum • Doing crafts with children in the elementary grade UNIT 5: Assessing art, crafts, and calligraphy in the classroom, and exhibition Week # Topics/themes Week 14 Preparing to teach art, crafts, and calligraphy • Connecting art, crafts, and calligraphy across the curriculum • Managing art, crafts, and calligraphy in the classroom • What is assessment in art, crafts, and calligraphy education? Week 15 Preparing to teach art, crafts, and calligraphy, continued • Assessing children’s learning during an art activity • Assessment rubrics • Planning for art, crafts, and calligraphy Week 16 Exhibition and portfolios • Arts and crafts exhibition • Display and assessment of Student Teacher projects and portfolios

Course Synopsis

The Art, Crafts, and Calligraphy course will help prepare Student Teachers to teach these subjects in the elementary grades. It provides Student Teachers with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of art, crafts, and calligraphy (with a focus on Pakistani artists, calligraphers, and craftsmen and women) and to practice making their own works using a variety of techniques. Given that this is a teacher education course, Student Teachers also examine the role of art in child development; the importance of art, craft, and calligraphy in the curriculum; and the links between art, crafts, and calligraphy and other subjects such as science, math, and social studies. Student Teachers will have learned about lesson planning, classroom assessment, and classroom management in other courses; in this course they will focus on these three skills as they apply to teaching and learning art, crafts, and calligraphy in the elementary grades.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the semester, Student Teachers will be able to: • explain the importance of art education and its role in child development • recognize and appreciate artists, art styles, and artwork • explain the origins and development of a variety of crafts in Pakistan • use a variety of tools and materials to make art, crafts, and calligraphy • explain and apply elements and principles of design • identify links between art and other school subjects • assess children’s work in art, crafts, and calligraphy • plan appropriate art, craft, and calligraphy activities for children in elementary grades • present a portfolio of their work that conveys their appreciation and interest in art, crafts, and calligraphy and presents evidence of their knowledge, skills, and dispositions for teaching these subjects.