ARTE 302 - Integrated Teaching Strategies

Credit(s): 3
When Offered: Spring - Even

A framework for students’ understanding of instructional strategies and their effective application in the art/ dance classroom. This course focuses on developing future art/dance teachers’ professional disposition, content knowledge and teaching skill. Included in this course will be: effective strategies for teaching art/dance and cultivating a positive learning environment; differentiated instructional and assessment strategies for art/dance learners, planning and material preparation for art/dance teaching; classroom management of instruction; and motivational concepts. This course will also emphasize oral expression and written communication, and requires a minimum of 25 hours of field experiences, directed observations of art/dance teaching, and participation (one-hour teaching practice) in a public school art/ dance classroom setting.