INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING ART

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore art education careers through observing and interviewing art educators, reflecting on their own developing teacher identities, and identifying art and education internship, job, and volunteer opportunities in the community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Experiment with a range of 2D and 3D media techniques and processes, and identify associated concepts and vocabulary to inform the development of art and art-integrated curriculum appropriate for k-8 populations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Create developmentally and culturally appropriate art curriculum for k-8 afterschool programs in Madison (i.e. basic lesson planning, including writing learning objectives, lesson sequencing, and structuring effective demonstrations, material management and clean up). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Employ a variety of instructional strategies to engage students in conversations about art and relevant art making experiences and implement simple pre and post-instruction assessments to gather data on student learning. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore art education careers through observing and interviewing art educators, reflecting on their own developing teacher identities, and identifying art and education internship, job, and volunteer opportunities in the community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Experiment with a range of 2D and 3D media techniques and processes, and identify associated concepts and vocabulary to inform the development of art and art-integrated curriculum appropriate for k-8 populations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Create developmentally and culturally appropriate art curriculum for k-8 afterschool programs in Madison (i.e. basic lesson planning, including writing learning objectives, lesson sequencing, and structuring effective demonstrations, material management and clean up). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Employ a variety of instructional strategies to engage students in conversations about art and relevant art making experiences and implement simple pre and post-instruction assessments to gather data on student learning. Audience: Undergraduate