Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2019-20

Teaching Visual Expression subject is part of the Degree in Pre-school Speciality curriculum, developed at the university sphere. The educational activity of this subject consists of a combination of theory and praxis focused on perception and visual representation.
Both in practice and in theory, the students should acquire basic knowledge of visual and plastic language, general characteristics and fundamental aspects of its syntax and semantics, and deep analysis of children's plastic language, knowledge properly adapted to their future activity as Pre-school teachers.
The aim of the course is to develop the students’ expressive and creative abilities through the study of visual and plastic language. It also aims to develop educational and methodological aspects and guidelines for Pre-school children work analysis. Future teachers must be sensitive and aware of the importance of culture, as well as their teaching contributions and educational outreach.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Ethical commitment. Demonstrate attitudes that are coherent with deontological and ethical conceptions, while respecting and promoting democratic values, gender equality, non-discrimination of the disabled, equity and respect for human rights. Capacity for constructive criticism and self-criticism.
  • CG2 : Capacity to learn and accept responsibility. Be aware of the learning process itself and self-regulate it. Capacity to find, use and integrate information. Show interest in learning throughout one's life and update one's professional competences and points of view, autonomously, focused according to the needs of the moment. Ensure balanced emotional growth.
  • CG3 : Capacity to adapt to new situations. Analyse changes that may occur in the environment flexibly and be able to take well-founded decisions to respond to them. Plan and organise new actions with reflective capacity.
  • CG5 : Interpersonal relationship skills. Show empathy, sociability and tact when communicating with others, as well as opposing violence, prejudice and sexist stereotypes. Create a pleasant and cooperative atmosphere. Transmit well-being, security, calmness and sympathy in interpersonal relationships.
  • CG6 : Capacity for creativity and entrepreneurship. Formulate, design and manage innovative projects to answer the needs detected. Find and integrate new knowledge and attitudes in national and international experiences to make creative changes to professional practices.
  • CG7 : Recognise diversity and multiculturalism. Value diversity of all kinds positively, respect other world views and manage multicultural interactions creatively for mutual enrichment.
  • CG8 : Sustainability. Evaluate the social and environmental impact of one's own actions and surroundings. Express integrated and systemic points of view and promote changes for the sustainable management of resources.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Apply the elements dealt with in current children's education syllabus coherently: goals, competences, aims, content and evaluation criteria.
  • CE5 : Systematically observe learning and coexistence environments in Infant Education contexts, interpret educational practices according to the theoretical reference frameworks, reflect on them and act in consequence.
  • CE8 : Deal effectively with language learning situations in multicultural and multilingual contexts. Select the most appropriate educational resources for each situation.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

1. Analyze the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to incorporate art education to their future career as a Pre-School  teacher.
2. Recognize the subject structure, concepts and theoretical basis adapted to Pre-School education.
3. Know the conceptual framework of the Artistic Expression Didactics and its adaptation to the pertinent children development stage.

 

 

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General

Code: 17411
Lecturer responsible:
ESTEVE FAUBEL, ROSA PILAR
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,60
Practical credits: 1,80
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: GENERAL DIDACTICS AND SPECIFIC DIDACTICS
    Area: TEACHING VISUAL EXPRESSION
    Theoretical credits: 0,6
    Practical credits: 1,8
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught