Prof John Toth - ARTS SYLLABUS

		Hunter College School of Education Curriculum & Teaching Prof. John Toth, Ph.D. / jtoth@hunter.cuny.edu	THE ARTS Portfolio
TIME	MIN	THE ARTS AS COMMUNICATION... for the post modern educator	syllabus
1:30	15	CONCEPT: PORTFOLIO The Post Modern Portfolio Electronic portfolios contain creativity, content, context, personal expression AIM: Understand that art portfolios reveal interdisciplinary learning that includes skills, creativity, cognitive development, social awareness, interpersonal understanding, social justice abd expressive communication. OBJECTIVE: Make an electronic portfolio of the semesters work using Powerpoint: include: artworks, quotes, comments on articles and activities. Include contextual references: pictures of museum arworkst, your museum sketches and resource links.	ART STANDARDS: The Arts Standards for NY The Arts Standard 3 Visual Arts - Reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.
1:45	15	ART / SELF REFLECTION Difine your philosophy through the articles that you read this semester. Quote.	Rubric art supplies
2:00	15	SKILL ACTIVITY: OBJECTIVE: Know how to select significant evidence of leaning for a portfolio. Learn to sequence learning experiences. Differentiate the difference between a skill activity and a creative activity. Develop clear design choices that call attention to the art and significant ideas. Organize your art works into a meaningful sequence	SAMPLE ACTIVITY: Portfolio Slide Show 1 Portfolio Slide Show 2 .swf Flash File 16MB
2:15 2:45 3:00	30 15 15	CREATIVE ACTIVITY: Make a portfolio of your semesters work: this could include: artworks, comments on articles and activities. Include contextual references such as museum art, sketches, web sites, newspaper or magazine articles Prepare portfolio pages: You need to know the size of your biggest art work that will be included in your portfolio. This should suggest that you would need a cover that is slightly bigger by about 1 to 2 inches so that the extra paper acts a border to frame each artwork.Make 3-4 holes, evenly spaced at the top or side, about 1/2 inch from the edge. If you don't have the tools to cut thick cardboard, foam core etc, I do and will help you cut and drill holes if need be and problem solve.	National Standards for Arts Education - Have an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods. - Be able to relate various types of arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts disciplines. FINAL PORTFOLIO------total--- 15.0 pct. Portfolio Presentation ---------------------------- 5.0 pct Design: Organizing artworks and ideas -- 5 .0 pctVisualization Skills: visual theme, design -- 5.0 pct
3:15		CONTEXT: ART HISTORY ART EDUCATION:	VOCABULARY: portfolio, assessment, aesthetic, content, contextual.
3:30			file: Portfolio2009.htm survey: Portfolio Survey

Elements of Standard 100 percent or 15% of total grade	BELOW STANDARD B- and below 80 – 82 points	MEETS STANDARD B, B+, A- 83 – 92 points	ABOVE STANDARD A, A+ 93 -100 points
Presentation: 5 % How well do you present the portfolio?	Awkward presentation. Fumbles page turns. Poor train of thought	Presentation is adequate. Good posture. Speaks clearly.	Enthusiastic presentation. Excellent language and communication skills.
Concepts and ideas: 5 % Is there an idea or theme that holds the work together with quotes or design? Does the portfolio contain examples of artworks under study?	The portfolio is not laid out in a manner that communicates a flow of ideas. Portfolio is designed in a manner that does show a sequence of ideas.	Content of the portfolio is laid out in a clear sequential manner. Good support context, quotes and art images that form the portfolio content. The portfolio has a table of contents.	Exceptional connections between the generated artwork and clarity of ideas, contextual info. and curricular connections. Portfolio shows a clear connection between the studied artworks, activities and the assigned reading articles.
Skills in visualization: 5 % Is the portfolio laid out and composed in a manner that is visually easy to read)	The portfolio is visually hard to read. The art is not framed and matted. The artwork looks awkwardly placed. Graphic display of text, visual motifs and context interfere with the artwork. Poor choice of portfolio materials.	The portfolio is visually easy to read. The framing of art makes the artwork look good. Ideas and context do not interfere with the artwork. Color choice of portfolio materials enhance the artwork and visual content.	The portfolio is visually exciting to look at. The framing of art makes the artwork look exceptional. Ideas and context enhance the artwork. Exceptional design of paper and color choices of portfolio materials.
Prof. John Toth, Ph.D. School of Education Department of Curriculum and Teaching THE ARTS Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021