Teaching Art to Children

Teaching Art to Children is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Jana Silver.

Course Description
This course will explore methods of teaching art to children in grades K-12. In this class, students will plan lessons, units of study and hands-on activities while learning theoretical and practical approaches relevant to the teaching of visual art. Working in groups and individually, students will apply creative and critical thinking to explore structured as well as experimental approaches to teaching art. Students will observe and participate in art teaching situations.

Learning Goals

 * Expressive
 * Multi-Cultural
 * Project-based
 * Presenting
 * Reading