Visual art and design education in the secondary years 2A

This unit provides you with a heightened understanding of the connections between the knowledge disciplines and practices which inform visual art and design curriculum. Working collaboratively and independently, you will build skills around the development of art/design historical and art/design critical knowledge, such as research, lesson planning and unit preparation. The unit also enables you to learn about museum activities, the use of digital technologies in these spaces and the design of museum experiences for secondary school art and design students. You will explore approaches to the exhibition space and to the function of museums, in order to utilise these sites as supplements to the art classroom. Drawing on national and international literature, you will engage in your own research to develop foundational knowledge in art/design historiography and pedagogical strategies relevant to art history and art criticism that lead you back to studio practice.