The most effective classrooms are not spaces for delivering answers, but laboratories for asking questions that facilitate collective meaning making. This course provides a framework for inquiry-based teaching—a student-centered methodology that uses art to spark deep critical thinking and collaborative dialogue. By using the strategies developed by leaders in the field of museum education, you will learn to facilitate a process of close looking and evidence-based reasoning that empowers your students to lead their own learning journeys.
Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
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Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
This course is part of Teaching with Art: Using Inquiry, Activities, and Themes Specialization
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Develop expertise in posing open-ended questions, encouraging students to look closely, think critically, and articulate their own insights.
Use inquiry-based art engagement to cultivate empathy, patience, and perspective-taking within your classroom community.
Understand the benefits of inquiry-based learning and its impact on students’ personal development and critical thinking skills.
Practice the qualities, formats, and instruction techniques that facilitate collective meaning making from a student’s perspective.
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SM
Reviewed on May 28, 2020
Great instructor and inspiring content. Inquiry is an essential way to approach life. With this course you will realize how applicable and necessary art is in any field/subject/context.
MC
Reviewed on Jul 4, 2020
I am an IB teacher and this course perfectly compliment my training. I can't wait to start using art and objects more as provocations and inquiries.
AB
Reviewed on Jan 7, 2025
It's far more enlightening that I expected, you never really know what you're going to learn unless you open yourself up to it.
