This course provides an introduction to the art teaching profession with particular emphases on developing the creative, critical, collaborative, and communicative skills that are required in art teaching situations. Opportunities to gain skills will be provided through participation in group-generated projects and leadership activities. Students will engage in personal reflection and critical analysis of the teaching/learning process through journal-keeping, teacher portfolio development and creative research.

A lecture-laboratory course that explores and analyzes concepts in the visual arts and examines how these concepts might be used to improve and enhance learning opportunities in the visual arts and in various disciplines for elementary students.

A lecture-laboratory course that explores and analyzes concepts in the visual arts and examines how these concepts might be used to improve and enhance learning opportunities in the visual arts and in various disciplines for elementary students.

A lecture-laboratory course that explores and analyzes concepts in the visual arts and examines how these concepts might be used to improve and enhance learning opportunities in the visual arts and in various disciplines for elementary students.

A lecture-laboratory course that explores and analyzes concepts in the visual arts and examines how these concepts might be used to improve and enhance learning opportunities in the visual arts and in various disciplines for elementary students.

Students will be challenged to think creatively, expand cognitive development, perception, self-expression, and sensory awareness through research and rich studio experiences. Aesthetic knowledge and skills will provide students with a pathway to learning in art that integrates prior knowledge with new experiences which enhance creative learning through discovery, discussion, and collaboration.

Students will be challenged to think creatively, expand cognitive development, perception, self-expression, and sensory awareness through research and rich studio experiences. Aesthetic knowledge and skills will provide students with a pathway to learning in art that integrates prior knowledge with new experiences which enhance creative learning through discovery, discussion, and collaboration.

Students will be challenged to think creatively, expand cognitive development, perception, self-expression, and sensory awareness through research and rich studio experiences. Aesthetic knowledge and skills will provide students with a pathway to learning in art that integrates prior knowledge with new experiences which enhance creative learning through discovery, discussion, and collaboration.

Students will be challenged to think creatively, expand cognitive development, perception, self-expression, and sensory awareness through research and rich studio experiences. Aesthetic knowledge and skills will provide students with a pathway to learning in art that integrates prior knowledge with new experiences which enhance creative learning through discovery, discussion, and collaboration.

Students will be challenged to think creatively, expand cognitive development, perception, self-expression, and sensory awareness through research and rich studio experiences. Aesthetic knowledge and skills will provide students with a pathway to learning in art that integrates prior knowledge with new experiences which enhance creative learning through discovery, discussion, and collaboration.