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Didactics of Art History and Aesthetics [ARKE2314]
[30h+15h exercises]

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This course is taught in the 1st and 2nd semester

Teacher(s):

Marie-Emilie Ricker

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Content and teaching methods
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

By the end of the course, students will be able to: formulate, organize, evaluate, and regulate teaching and learning activities for courses in art history and aesthetics.

Main themes

To consider the principle problems inherent to the training of future professors: - the objectives of art history and aesthetics courses in high schools and academies; - the pedagogical specifics of museum visits; - obstacles to visual perception; - obstacles to understanding the specificity of artistic language.
Elaboration of learning procedures for: - the acquisition of basic knowledge; - the objectification of aesthetic appreciation.
Introduction to docimology and to evaluation-related problems.

Content and teaching methods

Contents
To consider the principle problems inherent to the training of future professors: - effective preparation of a class and a guided visit; - learning to determine objectives in terms of skills and to present these in concordance with the specificities of the group to which the class is given; - synthesizing and giving meaning to a subject; - diversification of learning approaches elaborated in concordance with the specific contents of a subject; - facilitating comprehension of the specificity of artistic language by forming an autonomy of appreciation that aims towards the objectification of appreciative criteria; - introduction to docimology and to evaluation-related problems.
Methods
The course is comprised of theoretical lectures and supervised tutorials, organized in museums and schools.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Pre-requisites: Teaching experience is required (at least a few hours of internship and aesthetic analysis experience).
Assessment: The examination is oral. If they so wish, students may prepare an aesthetic analysis of a work freely chosen by them in advance.
Course Materials: Course notes are available for the students.

Other credits in programs

ARKE2A

Agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur (histoire de l'art, archéologie et musicologie)

(4 credits)



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