ED 250 - Integration of Art and Creativity in Teaching

This course is designed specifically for elementary education majors. A primary goal of this course is to support students as they develop the historical knowledge, technical vocabulary, and skills needed to read and critique various pieces of art within four artistic domains: visual arts, literature, music, and drama. Students will then use this newly acquired knowledge to create and execute a personal piece of art that includes one or more of the artistic modalities explored in class. A second goal of this course is to provide prospective teachers with an overview of the theory and practice of an integrated arts curriculum for elementary classroom teaching. Students will not only leave this course with a deeper understanding of themselves as learners and creative thinkers, but also with an appreciation and practical knowledge of how the inclusion of the arts can enrich their lives as well as the lives of the K-12 pupils they will work with in the future (Formerly Integrating Art and Creativity into the Classroom

Four credits

Prerequisite(s): ED 130