ARED 4421 Art Education Methods 7-12

Seminars, presentations, workshops, and peer collaborative planning will help students understand their role as curriculum designers. An emphasis will be on developing age-appropriate units of study based on studio practice, art history, and aesthetic inquiry methods appropriate for the 7-12 grade child and instructional methodologies for teaching and assessing. Topics include a history of art education related to current issues, integration across subjects, and socio-cultural approaches to pedagogy. Must be accepted into School of Education. Background check must be completed before the course begins. Field observations outside of class are required.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Engage in practical experiences in working with the materials, media, and processes appropriate to teaching art in grades 7-12. 
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of curriculum structures and art programs in the content areas of studio practice, art history, criticism, and aesthetic inquiry, particularly grades 7-12.
3. Apply the organizational skills needed to plan and coordinate a successful visual arts program (P-12) and demonstrate the professional behaviors and dispositions expected of art teachers working with students of all ages, cultures, and abilities.
4. Demonstrate their ability to plan differentiated learning experiences in art by creating units of study for students of various ages and abilities.
5. Understand how other subject areas can enhance art learning by integrating content areas (science and the humanities) with visual arts standards within lessons or units of study.
6. Develop an understanding of assessing student knowledge, experiential backgrounds, and interests to devise learning experiences to evaluate needs. 
7. Work collaboratively and individually to create various formative and summative assessments to evaluate student growth and development in art.
8. Develop lesson plans/units of study which foster critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
9. Reflects on practice to effectively adjust and enhance teaching through planning individually and collaboratively to develop an environment that supports learning for all.
10. Understand the role of an art teacher as a curriculum designer.