LRC 564
Literacy and the Arts
Fall 2008

Dr. J. David Betts
Room 530 Education Bl.
529 Education Bl
Thursday 4:15 - 6:45 PM
bettsj@u.arizona.edu
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~bettsj

Course Schedule

date

Topics

Assignments

Readings

August 28

Introduction, textbook and readings.
Art and meaning.
Goldberg
, Jackson, Bresler

Arts inventory
[Class reflection]

Goldberg Ch 1& 2

September 4

Arts in Education Research

Arts research
Goldberg Ch 3

September 11

Arts inventory
Art as Experience

Philosophy of Art

Goldberg Ch 4 Literacy
Dewey

Jackson

September 18

The Psychology of Art

How does art heal?
[Class reflection]


Vygotsky

see
UA E-reserves

September 25

The art of language, semiotics.

Languages of art

[Final Project proposals]

Goldberg Ch 5 Humanities Howard Gardner

Boesch
, Leland & Harste
see
UA E-reserves

October 2

Instrumental Outcomes, Performance Expertise

How does art function in the classroom?

Goldberg all
Bresler:
K. Hamblen Ch1
see also
UA E-reserves

October 9

Theatre arts

Final Project Proposal DUE

Guest:[ Dr. Laura McCammon]

Bresler:
Egan & Ling Ch6

October 16

Dance

Guest:
[Mary Ann Brehm]

Bresler:
Walsh Ch7

October 23

Music

[Group 1 - Humanities]

Guest: [Lori Fraesdorf]

Bresler:
Stinson Ch11

October 30

Media arts

Media Literacy
[Group 2-Science]

Guest:
[Dr. Beretta Smith-Shomade]

Greene
see
UA E-reserves

November 6

Arts-related research
"Artography"

Arts-based research
[Group 3-Mathematicsl]

Elliot Eisner
see
UA E-reserves

Tom Barone

November 13

Visual Literacy

[Group 4- Assessment]

Guest:
[Elizabeth Garber]

November 20

Arts integration

Research proposal
DUE

Arts integration

November 27

Thanksgiving

eat
no class

November 30

Final projects

Final project PRESENTATIONS

 

December 4

Final projects
Final project
PRESENTATIONS
 
December 11

 

Final

All work DUE

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