87339 - Teaching of Visual Arts (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

After the course, the students possess methodological tools related to the didactics of Visual Arts. In particular, the student: knows the main subjects of disciplinary didactics, in its specificities related to the evolution of styles and techniques; acquires methodological skills useful to define an educational and formative planning and to teach Visual Arts in Secondary Schools.

Course contents

The course aims to offer a general view of the main pedagogical theories and the most modern teaching methods, without neglecting the fundamental theme of inclusion and diversity.

A historical approach will also be privileged (the history of art history in the Italian school as a discipline) and the crucial relationship between school and museums, also investigated from a practical point of view and through the analysis of memorable experiences (the tactile laboratories of Munari etc.) and current case studies.

There will also be an in-depth study of issues related to the values of citizenship and the relationship between cultural heritage and the construction of civic, national and European identity.

Readings/Bibliography

Main part  (1 text of your choice for attending students, 2 texts of your choice for non-attending students):

Insegnare la storia dell'arte, a cura di A. Ghirardi, C. Franzoni, S. Simoni, S. Nicolini, Bologna, Clueb, 2009

F. Zuccoli, Didattica dell'arte. Riflessioni e percorsi, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2020

C. Panciroli, Le professionalità educative tra scuola e musei. Esperienze e metodi nell’arte, Milano, Guerini e associati, 201

 

You are also asked to complete the preparation with 1 text chosen from the following:

B. Munari, Design e comunicazione visiva. Contributo a una metodologia didattica Bari, Laterza, 1968

B. Munari, Fantasia. Invenzione, creatività e immaginazione nelle comunicazioni visive, Bari, Laterza, 1977

B. Munari, I laboratori tattili, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1985

E. Castelnuovo, Di che cosa parliamo quando parliamo di storia dell'arte? [1983], in Id., La cattedrale tascabile. Scritti di storia dell'arte, Livorno, Sillabe Edizioni, 2000, pp. 69-89 + T. Montanari, Art. 9. La Costituzione italiana, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2018

H. Belting, La fine della storia dell'arte o la libertà dell'arte, Torino, Einaudi, 1990 + J. Dewey, Esperienza, Natura e Arte, a cura di D. Cecchi, Milano, Mimesis Edizioni, 2015

La storia dell’arte nella scuola italiana. Storia, strumenti, prospettive, atti del convegno, a cura di M. Ferretti, in “Ricerche di Storia dell'Arte”, n. 79, 2002.

F. Careri, Walkscapes. Camminare come pratica estetica, Torino, Einaudi, 2006

C. de Seta, Perché insegnare la storia dell’arte, Roma, Donzelli, 2008

Attraverso l’arte. Percorsi filosofici ed esperienze educative, a cura di C. De Carli, Milano, Vita e pensiero, 2013

A. Canevaro, Scuola inclusiva e mondo più giusto, Trento, Erikson, 2013

A. Canevaro, Il ragazzo selvaggio. Handicap, identità, educazione, Bologna, Edizioni Dehoniane, 2017

G.J.J. Biesta, Riscoprire l’insegnamento, Milano, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2022

 

Teaching methods

Lessons including critical readings of text passages and projected images/films.

There will be seminar debates in the classroom, as well as meetings with specialists and professionals from various sectors and possible study visits in various museums.

Attending lectures is highly recommended.

Who cannot attend classes could consult the readings in the bibliography.

Assessment methods

The final exam consists of an oral test. Discussion of textbook (the history of art from late Fifteenth to early Nineteenth century); one text chosen by the student among the optional essays, and the bibliography relating to the monographical part.

In particular:

1. Those students who show developed analytical skills of selected readings and their correct contextualization within a complete vision of the issues discussed during lectures will be given a mark of excellence. Mastering of field-specific language and good expression during the examination will also be required (A =28-30 con lode).

2. Those students who show mnemonic knowledge of the subject and a superficial analysis of selected readings, as well as a correct but not always appropriate mastering of the field-specific language will be given a satisfactory mark (B = 25-27 and C = 23-24).

3. Those students who will show vague knowledge and superficial understanding of selected readings, limited analytical skills and a not always appropriate expression will be given a ‘pass’ mark roughly (D = 18-22).

4. Those students who show gaps in their knowledge and lack of familiarity with selected readings will not be given a ‘pass’ mark (E).

 

The assessment procedure is the same for students who attend or do not attend lectures.

 

Teaching tools

Text passages provided to attending students, power point presentations.

Office hours

See the website of Giacomo Alberto Calogero