CUAI 4407 - Integrating the Creative Arts: K-8

(3 credits)

Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education. Strategies for promoting the creative processes in children K-8 will be studied. Areas of focus will include visual arts, music, dance, and theatre. The importance of the arts in the development of children and their capacity for expression will be emphasized. The arts will lead to interdisciplinary study with authentic connections among and across other disciplines The following courses are designed to examine current methodology for teaching youth and adults possessing a variety of learning and lifestyles in the secondary school (7-12)ARTA 4419 - Teaching Art in Secondary Schools (3 credits) BIOL 4417/5417 Teaching Biology in High School (3 credits) ENGL 4417 - Teaching English in Secondary Schools/ENGL 5417 (3 credits) GEOG 4417/GEOG 5417 - The Teaching of Geography and Earth Science (3 credits) HIST 4417/HIST 5417 - Methods of Teaching History (3 credits) LANG 4417/LANG 5417 - Teaching of Modern Languages (3 credits) MATH 4417 /MATH 5417 - Teaching of Secondary Mathematics (3 credits) SCED 4417/SCED 5417 - Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (3 credits) THEA 4417/THEA 5417 - Teaching Theatre in Grades K-12 (3 credits).