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Focus: 5-14: Resources for Visual Education
Focus 514 Resources for Visual Education Author:Charles McQueen, A Laing, A. McIntosh This teacher's guide accompanies an art/design pack which contains stimulus materials for pupils from 5 to 14 years of age. Each card takes its context from either the natural or the built environment. On one side a visual stimulus is provided to generate discussion; the reverse side provides related experiences and activities. The 24 cards cove... more »r: art/design concepts (line, shape, colour, texture, pattern, function); contexts (people, animals, natural environment, built environment); and "thrusts" (looking and seeing, feeling and sensing, thinking and evaluating, imagination and fantasy). This teacher's guide shows how to develop the starting points in the cards through a process of discussion, observation, investigation activity and evaluation. Detailed suggestions are included for art/design experiences, activities and materials, plus ideas for links across the curriculum, especially language development, environmental studies and technology.« less