EDU 260 - Art for the Elementary Educator

STANDARD CREDIT TYPE
3 credit(s)

For students who desire to become teachers and want to enhance their professional training through a pedagogical approach that promotes art instruction as a fundamental component to education in the elementary classroom setting. Students will explore philosophic, theoretical, and practical approaches to organizing and implementing an art instruction program, as well as, how to infuse that program with creativity, diversity, community building, and the development of thinking skills in holistic and pluralistic education.

Course Learning Outcomes

The learner will be able to synthesize lesson plans using art curriculum.
The learner will be able to compare instructional strategies applied to teaching art.
The learner will be able to illustrate their understanding of the knowledge, concepts and skills of the visual art.
The learner will be able to demonstrate methods and techniques of teaching art in the K-8 classroom.
The learner will be able to explain how the visual arts are human activities that represent knowledge.