LU2-KH415 Arts and Crafts 2b, 5-10.

Contents and structure

 Art and Crafts is a broad educational subject in which knowledge is built up through practical and aesthetically creative action and critical reflection. The subject is anchored in communication and production forms that are linked to visual and material culture. The ability for academic and didactic reflection is developed in the meeting between one's own creative work, primary and lower secondary school practice and theoretical knowledge and references. The subject's research base comprises the field of aesthetic execution and the field of the subject's didactics, as well as the connections between these.

 

Arts and crafts is divided into the areas of graphic art, sculpture, design and architecture. In all four areas, knowledge and skills are developed and used in work with materials, techniques, visual communication and aesthetic instruments. The academic content is related to the expression of art and form in different periods, cultures and the everyday multicultural life of the pupils. Duodji/duodje/duedtie, which together form a central aspect of the Sami culture, have been integrated into the subject.

 

The students' competence in action is developed by means of exercises and experiences in creative processes. Knowledge of children's and young people's forms of cultural expression in the encounter with materials and symbols is at the basis of the exercise of the profession. The student must be able to use the current curriculum for arts and crafts in primary and lower secondary school and ensure the learning of all pupils in the subject, based on the circumstances of the individual and the pupil group. The student must be able to create a learning environment that stimulates experience, development and reflection relating to topicality, quality and sustainable development.

On the basis of the subject's distinctive character, the student must use the basic skills: Being able to develop verbally and in writing, being able to read and calculate and to use digital tools as an integral part of working with art and crafts. In the interplay between the exercise, theory and tradition of the subject, the student will develop a conscious attitude towards the subject's content, relevance and value for the individual, the school and society.

 

Arts and crafts 2 is based on arts and crafts 1 and provides in-depth knowledge through creative work, didactic reflection and expanded insight into the subject's visual and material basis in culture. Through the course the student must develop his/her own practical skills in the subject and gain experience with a selection of materials and work methods that provide a learning outcome with regard to the curriculum for primary and lower secondary school, with particular emphasis on lower secondary school. The relationship between curriculum and practice is problematised though critical investigation of tasks, teaching, guidance and evaluation.

 

Academic content. Specification of theme:

In arts and crafts 2b the student will gain deeper disciplinary knowledge of graphic art (art and visual communication) sculpture, design and architecture. In art and form culture the students will acquire deeper disciplinary knowledge on the development of fine art, sculpture, design and architecture over the past 200 years.

 

R&D: The students must investigate an academic issue in arts and crafts. The in-depth period has a greater level of individual studying than the subject KH2a, but includes individual guidance by the subject teacher.

 

Students must themselves cover a part of the costs for materials - see up to date information on the section's website.

Learning Outcome

KNOWLEDGE

The student

• has knowledge on graphic art, sculpture, design and architecture from the past 200 years with emphasis on more recent forms of expression
• has knowledge on materials and techniques in connection with hand-made and digital images, and how children and young people use different media and effects in images, text and sound
• has knowledge on sculpture, relief, objects, installation and how these forms of expression can provide children and young people with an experience and stimulate creativity in creative work
• has knowledge on design, design theories, idea development processes and the interaction between material, technique, function and expression
• has knowledge on design and architecture in private and public spaces, how architecture affects us, creates a framework for our lives, and provides opportunities for investigative and creative work
• has knowledge of learning and comprehension forms related to arts and crafts as aesthetically creative, practical and visually communicative subjects
• has knowledge of psychological and cultural factors that influence the development of children and young people's visual language, identity and creativity

 

 

 

SKILLS

The student

• can exploit the utility properties and aesthetic expressive qualities of materials in practical creative work and apply conscious judgement in the use of aesthetic effects
• can use methods for problem solving in design and technology and inspire pupils to explore their own ideas in the encounter with materials, techniques and work methods in the subject
• can analyse and evaluate art, everyday aesthetics and trivial culture and place different styles in a historic context
• can be conscious of his/her role as a communicator of culture and use museums and collections in the pupils' learning work and own creative work
• can use different typefaces, layout and visual communication to visualize pupils' work processes and results, and to communicate own and others' style
• can use terminology with confidence and functionally, and guide pupils in the development of terminology in work with pictures, sculpture, design and architecture
• can plan and organize learning in arts and crafts based on the pupils' lives and promote cooperation and equal opportunities between genders and cultures
• can prepare local plans for arts and crafts and utilize relevant theory in work with adapted teaching for pupils with special skills, interests or difficulties
• can describe goal fulfilment in arts and crafts, provide feedback to promote learning and help pupils evaluate their own learning
• be able to evaluate the quality of textbooks and digital resources and choose appropriate teaching aids for the teaching of arts and crafts
• can evaluate aesthetic qualities and practical facilitation in the school's indoor environment and outdoor area as a framework for the pupils' work with the subject
• can organize appropriate workshops for teaching arts and crafts adapted for lower secondary school

 

 

GENERAL COMPETENCE

The student

• can stimulate experience, creative expression and reflection and guide the pupil in work methods that promote creativity and innovation
• can facilitate interaction with local work and social life and use the subject's opportunities for choice of content and work methods that promote sustainable resource management
• can use current curricula for primary and lower secondary school as a basis for academic development with a systematic and research-oriented approach and be aware of standards for responsible use of gathered information

Entry requirements

Arts and crafts 1, 30 credits

Recommended previous knowledge

Arts and crafts 1 and Arts and crafts 2a

Teaching methods

Lectures

Practical work, individually and in groups

Oral and written tasks

Excursions (the students must cover their own expenses)

Compulsory learning activities

80% attendance in mandatory teaching until final examination

Submission of mandatory assignments

All study requirements are specified in the semester plan

Assessment

 2 portfolios, one of them a research paper

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