FOUNDATIONS IN ART EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define the components of Discipline-Based Art Education and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and use them to guide decisions related to art curriculum, instruction and assessment. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain choice-based models of art education, prominent theories of creativity, and methods for facilitating creative processes and use them to inform curricular and instructional decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate the fundamental skills of lesson planning through the design of standards-based, culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate art curriculum inspired by the pedagogical models studied during the semester. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply a variety of effective instructional strategies for engaging art learners in community-based settings, such as art centers, after-school programs and art clubs. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define the components of Discipline-Based Art Education and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and use them to guide decisions related to art curriculum, instruction and assessment. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain choice-based models of art education, prominent theories of creativity, and methods for facilitating creative processes and use them to inform curricular and instructional decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate the fundamental skills of lesson planning through the design of standards-based, culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate art curriculum inspired by the pedagogical models studied during the semester. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply a variety of effective instructional strategies for engaging art learners in community-based settings, such as art centers, after-school programs and art clubs. Audience: Undergraduate