Art and Crafts Education 2 (1-7)

Arts & crafts 2, builds on Arts & crafts 1 (1-7) course 1 and Arts & crafts 1 (1-7) course 2 and will contribute to in-depth knowledge of practical work and skills in the workshops with accompanying didactic reflection. The course contributes to expanded insight into the subject's visual and material cultural anchoring. Through the study, the student will further develop their own practical and digital skills in the subject and gain experience with a selection of materials, working methods and mindsets. Exploratory work shall promote the student's learning, independence, ingenuity and ability to implement within the core elements of the subject.

The course includes work on an R&D assignment that provides experience in planning, implementing, presenting and critically-constructively evaluating a research and development work within the arts and crafts subject. The main focus of the R&D thesis is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competence to carry out the research and development project on which the thesis is to be based.

The course provides an introduction to theory of science and research methods that will contribute to the development of the student's independence, analytical skills and critical reflection.

Knowledge

The candidate

• has knowledge of children and young people's forms of learning and cognition, formal language, cultural identity and creative abilities
• has knowledge of idea development and how own creative processes can be a starting point for reflection and development work, relevant research methods, forms of assessment and presentation
• has basic knowledge of research methods and ethics in research
• has knowledge of main directions within art, design and architecture in different cultures from antiquity to today

Skills

The candidate

• can initiate, collaborate, implement, present and evaluate own and others' research and development projects
• can utilize the properties and qualities of materials and media and show insight into their own creative processes and apply this insight in teaching and development work
• can communicate, analyze and evaluate art, design and architecture in relevant local and global art and cultural historical contexts
• can use digital tools in work with visual communication
• can plan and facilitate learning in arts and crafts based on the students' world of life in ways that safeguard adapted education and promote cooperation, democracy and equality
• can communicate, analyze and evaluate art, design and architecture in relevant local and global art and cultural historical contexts
• can use professional language, assess the quality of textbooks and teaching aids and stay up to date on relevant subject literature and subject-relevant research

General competence

The candidate

• can guide, stimulate and adapt education that promotes students' aesthetic experience, creative against reflection
• has an understanding of scientific research, artistic development work
• is able to design an arts and crafts R&D work in dialogue with various research traditions
• is able to discuss the meanings of an arts and crafts R&D work for school and society
• shows change competence and commitment to continuous professional self-development

Learning methods and activities

The learning methods in the course are of a practical and theoretical nature that take place in varied learning environments. It alternates between own creative work, subject didactics and theory.

The R&D assignment makes up half of the course. Designing, implementing, presenting and critically-constructively evaluating arts and crafts research and development projects are key activities.

The forms of work in the course include workshops, workshop work, lectures, excursions, individual and group assignments. Reflection on one's own and others' work is central.

Self-study is a central form of work in the study.