Visual art and design education in the secondary years 1A

This unit enables you to develop skills in lesson planning for diverse student learners and to confidently approach your initial pre-service classroom experiences in visual art and design. Working collaboratively and independently, you will build understanding and knowledge of the ways in which visual art and design pedagogy can be considered in practical terms and the corresponding nature of professional identity for the specialist art and design teacher. The assessment tasks provide opportunities for you to engage at a theoretical and practical level with critical curriculum models (from Australia and overseas) and to apply your knowledge of this theory in your developing art and design pedagogy, including the incorporation of digital technologies. The emphasis is on exploring classroom practice and curriculum design, offering you opportunities to understand and identify with the professional responsibilities specific to learning and teaching in the disciplines that inform visual art and design curriculum practice.