Course Strategies
Teaching Strategies:
Lecture beginning of each class, then studio work and in-class assignments. This course will be taught from the following perspectives to give as much probability to the learning experience as possible - lecture, demonstration, reading, and hands-on assignments.
Student Strategies:
Students are expected to participate in the learning process by being responsible for their education. This includes managing time, reading, utilizing resources and behaving in a professional manner.***
Lecture beginning of each class, then studio work and in-class assignments. This course will be taught from the following perspectives to give as much probability to the learning experience as possible - lecture, demonstration, reading, and hands-on assignments.
Student Strategies:
Students are expected to participate in the learning process by being responsible for their education. This includes managing time, reading, utilizing resources and behaving in a professional manner.***
- Use the links, texts and other resources from the syllabus and also on the web
- READ your syllabus and assignment carefully and follow directions
- Research all ideas thoroughly, be informed about subject matter, concept and complete sketches
- Know how to use your software, use tutors and books and videos from online library
- Listen carefully when I am speaking, student’s found not paying full attention to my lecture will not have questions answered later and will miss important information.
So What Makes a Good Student? Altered from Source http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/goodstud.htm
Attitude –
-Genuine desire to learn
-Strong interest in your major area of study
-The willingness to do hard intellectual work to achieve understanding
-Ability to apply yourself even to subjects in which you have little interest, and how much you can achieve even when a professor’s style isn’t to your liking
Academic Skills –
-Ability to read with comprehension
-Intelligent use of resources (including library, online and class resources)
-Logical and mathematical skills
-Efficient study habits
-Ability to communicate clearly and fluently in speaking and writing
Awareness –
-Of what’s going on in the world around you, and ability of intelligently relating it to your
academic courses (For example you should relate what you are learning in class to what’s happening in the current art and design world as well as looking at examples from the past. -You observe design in everyday life and search for and record inspirations that you find interesting)
Accomplishment – is demonstrated by successful application of understanding.
The evidence of that is:
-Applying what you’ve learned in and Informed and creative way to new challenges,
-Clear and effective communication through speaking, writing and design
-Possession of a base of information, skills and understandings sufficient to allow you to continue your education outside of the classroom, throughout your life.
Self-discipline –
-Budget time, balance studies, work and personal life with an emphasis on your studies
-Do the things that need to be done, when they must be done, whether or not one feels like it at the time. Meeting due dates is mandatory, penalties ensue if they are not met.
Initiative – Doing things without being told
-The good student doesn’t wait for assignments to read ahead in the textbook, or to seek out and study related books to gain understanding.
-The good student does not merely follow instructions (though that is an important skill) but looks for opportunities to discover new things, try new things, or find better methods.
-When an opportunity arises to do a project outside of class, the good student jumps at the chance and doesn’t even ask whether it will earn extra credit.
Breadth of Interests –
-College provides a UNIQUE opportunity to broaden your interests and explore new things. You will never again have available to you such a convenient and comprehensive library, such diverse and inexpensive cultural events and academic activities.
-Much education can occur outside of class, if you seek it. But if you confine yourself to the things you’ve always done, avoiding anything new and unfamiliar, you will have squandered a valuable opportunity.
An open mind – Is a mind receptive to examination of new ideas and facts.
-An open mind does not mean that one jumps on every new fad, following the norm
-An open mind is one which is willing to dispassionately and rationally analyze new ideas, weighing them objectively against established knowledge and the facts at hand.
Perceptiveness –
-The more you learn, the more perceptive you become.
-You can, as necessary, “read between the lines.”
-You no longer need everything spelled out; you can fill in missing details.
-You aren’t dependent on being shown; you can puzzle things out for yourself.
-You perceive quickly what a writer or speaker means, without misinterpreting.
-You learn to seek the intended meaning of what you read or hear rather than trying to impose your own preconceived meaning.
-You can see through complexity to the heart of a matter. You are able to distinguish the important from the trivial in a serious discussion.
Objectivity –
-Most of us begin our education with an “egocentric” view, expecting everything to have some relevance to our needs or desires.
-We impose such interpretations on things we learn, and avoid learning some things because they don’t seem important at the time.
-Education broadens that view, encouraging us to set our egos aside and objectively evaluate facts and interpretations. We learn to recognize the validity of facts and ideas which we may not like.
Humility –
However much one knows, one must realize there’s a lot more to be learned, and that some of what one `knows’ may turn out to be wrong
-Genuine desire to learn
-Strong interest in your major area of study
-The willingness to do hard intellectual work to achieve understanding
-Ability to apply yourself even to subjects in which you have little interest, and how much you can achieve even when a professor’s style isn’t to your liking
Academic Skills –
-Ability to read with comprehension
-Intelligent use of resources (including library, online and class resources)
-Logical and mathematical skills
-Efficient study habits
-Ability to communicate clearly and fluently in speaking and writing
Awareness –
-Of what’s going on in the world around you, and ability of intelligently relating it to your
academic courses (For example you should relate what you are learning in class to what’s happening in the current art and design world as well as looking at examples from the past. -You observe design in everyday life and search for and record inspirations that you find interesting)
Accomplishment – is demonstrated by successful application of understanding.
The evidence of that is:
-Applying what you’ve learned in and Informed and creative way to new challenges,
-Clear and effective communication through speaking, writing and design
-Possession of a base of information, skills and understandings sufficient to allow you to continue your education outside of the classroom, throughout your life.
Self-discipline –
-Budget time, balance studies, work and personal life with an emphasis on your studies
-Do the things that need to be done, when they must be done, whether or not one feels like it at the time. Meeting due dates is mandatory, penalties ensue if they are not met.
Initiative – Doing things without being told
-The good student doesn’t wait for assignments to read ahead in the textbook, or to seek out and study related books to gain understanding.
-The good student does not merely follow instructions (though that is an important skill) but looks for opportunities to discover new things, try new things, or find better methods.
-When an opportunity arises to do a project outside of class, the good student jumps at the chance and doesn’t even ask whether it will earn extra credit.
Breadth of Interests –
-College provides a UNIQUE opportunity to broaden your interests and explore new things. You will never again have available to you such a convenient and comprehensive library, such diverse and inexpensive cultural events and academic activities.
-Much education can occur outside of class, if you seek it. But if you confine yourself to the things you’ve always done, avoiding anything new and unfamiliar, you will have squandered a valuable opportunity.
An open mind – Is a mind receptive to examination of new ideas and facts.
-An open mind does not mean that one jumps on every new fad, following the norm
-An open mind is one which is willing to dispassionately and rationally analyze new ideas, weighing them objectively against established knowledge and the facts at hand.
Perceptiveness –
-The more you learn, the more perceptive you become.
-You can, as necessary, “read between the lines.”
-You no longer need everything spelled out; you can fill in missing details.
-You aren’t dependent on being shown; you can puzzle things out for yourself.
-You perceive quickly what a writer or speaker means, without misinterpreting.
-You learn to seek the intended meaning of what you read or hear rather than trying to impose your own preconceived meaning.
-You can see through complexity to the heart of a matter. You are able to distinguish the important from the trivial in a serious discussion.
Objectivity –
-Most of us begin our education with an “egocentric” view, expecting everything to have some relevance to our needs or desires.
-We impose such interpretations on things we learn, and avoid learning some things because they don’t seem important at the time.
-Education broadens that view, encouraging us to set our egos aside and objectively evaluate facts and interpretations. We learn to recognize the validity of facts and ideas which we may not like.
Humility –
However much one knows, one must realize there’s a lot more to be learned, and that some of what one `knows’ may turn out to be wrong