Applied Arts in the classroom

Catalog description

This course provides elementary teachers with methods and materials for incorporating arts, including dance, music, theatre, and visual arts into the curriculum. The course also develops teachers' understanding of theories and practices of arts education as applied to the classroom, in such areas as learning processes, motivation, communication, and classroom management. Attention is given to the relationship of the arts to speaking, thinking, writing, reading, in curricular subjects (including history, science, math, and humanities). Traditional and applied arts techniques are introduced to address the human developmental processes that influence student's readiness to learn as well as community and equity and social justice issues.