This section contains the professional learning materials and supporting resources which can be used to support professional learning in Senior Cycle Art
Cluster workshop 2023/24
This years cluster workshop is entitled Cultivating Visual Literacy, Through the Continuum of Post-Primay Art Education. We have designed a day which will address both Junior and Senior Cyle Art Education.
Learning Intentions :
Consider the building blocks of critical and visual language across the continuum of post-primary art education.
Explore the application fo critical and visual language in studetn practical work to support assessment, teaching and learning.
Cultivate critical and visual language in the context of the written response in art education.
Resources:
Overview:
Become familiar with the Leaving Certificate with the Leaving Certificate Art Specification.
Explore the Specification’s Strands, Strand Units and associated Learning Outcomes.
Examine Visual Studies, the Framework and the Content Areas.
Resources:
Overview :
This PowerPoint has been adapted from the National Seminar Day presentations of days 1, 2 & 3.
Session 1: Become familiar with the Art Specification and the supporting policy documents. Explore Strand, Strand Units, Learning Outcomes and action verbs. Examine Learning Intentions and Co-Constructed Success Criteria.
Session 2: Plan a unit of learning for the practical classroom. Examine the Visual Studies Framework. Explore the 6 Framework Elements.
Session 3: Investigate Visual Studies Content Area 1, 2 & 3, in relation to the written and practical component. Examine Content Area 3, Today’s World and the associated Sections of Focus. Review the revised assessment arrangments.
Overview of PLC Webinar 5:
The main focus of PLC Webinar 5 will be to explore critical literacy, as one of the key aspects of section 6 of the curriculum (The Curriculum in Practice). This webinar will provide teachers with an opportunity to explore what developing critical literacy may look like in practice. Sections from a discussion on critical literacy among a panel of teachers are interspersed throughout the webinar, as are examples of classroom practice.
Support Material:
You will need to pause the webinar at various intervals to engage with a range of reflective tasks. A prompt sheet has been developed to guide teachers through the various tasks involved. We recommend that you print one copy of the prompt sheet per teacher/group in preparation for your school closure. Depending on your context and school size, teachers may work individually, in pairs or in groups.
Please note that there is a 30 second pause in the webinar video at each pause point.
Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.