Learning Ecologies IV: Arts-Based Pedagogies in Elementary Education
EDEL 6070
3 hours
Learning Ecologies IV: Arts-Based Pedagogies in Elementary Education
Course Description
An introduction to arts-based, critical, and creative pedagogies in elementary education, focusing on culturally sustaining practices of engagement and “hybrid spaces” of learning in which academic, school-based, and community-based knowledge and practices come together. Students will engage with readings and arts-based workshops paired with two weeks of field experience.
Athena Title
Learning Ecologies IV
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDEL 6070E
Prerequisite
EDEL 6050
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify, discuss, and apply arts-based critical pedagogies and practices.
Students will be able to locate culturally sustainable teaching and learning in arts-based critical pedagogies.
Students will be able to explore and experiment with arts and material encounters in the context of out-of-school learning spaces.
Students will be able to design an inquiry-based unit that utilizes arts and material practices as vehicles for pre-K-5 students' engagement and understanding.
Students will be able to synthesize educational theories and pedagogies learned throughout the EDEL MAT program.
Topical Outline
Arts-based critical pedagogies and practices
Reggio Emilia and other approaches
Privileged play and creativity justice
Materials and environment as “Third Teacher”
Making learning visible: Observation, assessment, and documentation
