The Creative Child

Catalog description

This course will explore the relationships among the various arts and material inquiries and learning for children in the preschool and elementary years via research, theory, and pedagogical application. CI 460 is one component in the PSU teacher education program that is unified by the basic set of principles supporting the development of a broader and more inclusive understanding of texts, art, children, and communities. Students will learn about theories of child art, creativity, and multimodal learning as they engage in their own creative processes and plan to integrate the creative arts in early childhood and elementary classrooms.