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 is organised into lessons dedicated to exploring the operational possibilities and theoretical and cultural foundations of art education, with particular reference to the relationship between education, art, design and architecture.

The first part of the course analyses some of the art education proposals put forward by practitioners, artists, designers and architects. Particular reference is made to those projects or collective and participatory experiences that, throughout history, have promoted political and social action through the arts.

The second part of the course explores the experimental teaching experiences developed worldwide since the 1960s and 1970s, known as Radical Pedagogies.

The lectures are complemented by seminars during which students, divided into groups, develop proposals for art education workshops.

 

 Regular attendance is recommended.

Readings/Bibliography

Attending and non-attending students

Francesco Spampinato, Irene Rinaldi, Facciamo Presente. Istruzioni d'artista per cambiare il futuro, Milano, Topipittori, 2025.

Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, Anna-Maria Meister (eds.), Radical Pedagogies, Cambridge (Massachusetts), The MIT Press, 2022.

Franca Zuccoli, Didattica dell'arte. Riflessioni e percorsi, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2020.

Valerio Borgonuovo, Silvia Franceschini (eds.), Global tools (1973-1975). Quando l'educazione coinciderà con la vita, Milano, Nero, 2018.

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars.

Assessment methods

Attending students

The exam consists of developing a project for an art education workshop. The project is presented and discussed at the end of the course before a committee that will evaluate it.

Project reviews are scheduled during the course. Participation in these reviews is mandatory. The reviews are not evaluated, but should be considered opportunities for discussion and sharing aimed at improving the project. An official presentation is scheduled halfway through the course. This presentation will be assessed and its mark will be taken into account in the final assessment.

Assessment criteria:

1. The achievement of a comprehensive understanding of the topic covered in the project, mastery of expression and specific language, originality of analysis and reflection, and familiarity with the methods and tools of art education will be assessed with marks of excellence.

2. An essentially mechanical or mnemonic knowledge of the subject covered in the project, an unarticulated ability to synthesise and analyse, or correct but not always appropriate language, as well as a school-level mastery of the methods and tools of art education will lead to fair evaluations.

3. Pedagogical gaps or inappropriate language, as well as poor knowledge of the methods and tools of art education, will lead to grades at the limit of sufficiency.

4. Pedagogical gaps, inappropriate language, lack of orientation in analysis, methods and tools of art education can only be evaluated negatively.

Non-attending students

Oral exam. To pass the oral exam, students must demonstrate that they have acquired a critical understanding of the topics discussed in the bibliography.

Assessment criteria:

1. An organic understanding of the topics presented in the bibliography, mastery of expression and specific language, originality of thought, and familiarity with the tools of art education analysis will be assessed with excellent marks.

2. A mostly mechanical or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, an inability to synthesise and analyse, or correct but not always appropriate language, as well as a school-level mastery of visual arts education will lead to fair grades.

3. Educational gaps or inappropriate language, as well as poor knowledge of the tools of art education analysis, will lead to grades that are just above the pass mark.

4. Educational gaps, inappropriate language, lack of orientation within the bibliography, and inability to analyse visual arts education can only be assessed negatively.

 

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

The course images are provided to the students.

Office hours

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