AE 3240 - Reading in the Content Area

Credits: 3

Field experience hours: 20 clock hours in a public or private school setting. The course has three main goals: identifying the meta-cognitive skills inherent in an arts curriculum; investigating models of arts integration; and researching potential texts, art making activities, and classroom activities that support higher order thinking in the arts. Objectives include comparing and contrasting the common elements of written, spoken, and visual language. Journaling serves as a main strategy. Upon successful completion of this course, students understand the many correlations between visual arts and literacy development, and have developed lesson plans that illustrate learning that is unique to the arts classroom. They demonstrate an understanding of visual literacy through the development of strategies for teaching and the creation of lesson plans that incorporate critical thinking skills in arts-based curricula.

Prerequisites: AE 2220 - Philosophy of Art + Education; AE 2230 - Psychology of Creativity; AE 2240 - Instructional Technology: must be an Art Education major

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn K-12 instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards; their district’s organized plan of instruction; and the individual needs of their students.
Students will learn knowledge of K-12 student literacy development in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Students will learn K-12 lessons that reflect the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines.
Students will learn current research on effective instructional practices to meet the developmental and academic needs of K- 12 students.
Students will learn appropriate K-12 available technology in their instruction to maximize student learning.
Students will learn to establish and communicate high expectations for all K-12 students and plan instruction that helps students develop critical-thinking and problem solving skills.
Students will learn to communicate effectively, making learning objectives clear and providing appropriate models of language for K-12.
Students will learn how to analyze K-12 student learning, development and growth and apply what they learn to improve their practice.