Culturally Relevant Teaching and Engagement Through an Art Lens

3 Units

Course Description

Evaluate a new Approach to Culturally Responsive Teaching Philosophies Using Art

Culturally Relevant Teaching and Engagement Through an Art Lens will explore ways that the visual arts can be used to foster culturally responsive engagement in your classrooms. Over the length of the course you will reflect upon your own culturally responsive practices, experiment with classroom-applicable art techniques (watercolor and collage), and study contemporary artists who exemplify diverse view points and approaches to communicating ideas. You will produce artworks, a reflective essay, make artist presentations, and finally write a lesson plan in which you apply course content to the needs of your specific teaching position.

This course has content equivalency to the following course, and cannot be taken again:  EDU-X719U.

Course Details

Number or Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours

Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for K-12 educator professionals and support staff for any subject/focus area that they may want to  integrate Culturally Responsive Teaching methods using art integration. 

Course Materials:  There are no textbook requirements for this course.

Course Format: Online Self-Paced

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What You Will Learn

  • Evaluate your practice of Culturally Responsive Teaching Philosophies
  • Create a finished watercolor painting using learned watercolor techniques
  • Create a finished collage using learned collage techniques
  • Identify contemporary artists from a variety of backgrounds and approaches
  • Develop connections from course content to your classroom
  • Create a lesson plan applying artists or art-making techniques to improve student engagement through culturally responsive approaches

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