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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

Instructors: Larissa Raphael

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

534 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Understand the definition of inquiry and learn how to develop engaging inquiry-based lessons
Understand the benefits of inquiry-based learning and its impact on students’ personal development and critical thinking skills
Analyze the qualities, formats, and instruction techniques that facilitate collective meaning making
Practice inquiry-based learning from a student’s perspective

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Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods used by museum educators.

Welcome to Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom. This course will introduce ways to integrate works of art into your classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings. This course is designed to give you the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. The strategies this course covers emphasize literacy and critical thinking skills across disciplines.

What's included

2 videos9 readings1 assignment

2 videosTotal 7 minutes

Welcome to Art and Inquiry 4 minutes
Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?3 minutes

9 readingsTotal 140 minutes

Welcome to the Course!10 minutes
How to Start Using Inquiry, Art, and Social Emotional Learning10 minutes
Lisa Mazzola's Top Five Tips for Teaching with Works of Art10 minutes
Review of Module 110 minutes
Optional Readings & Additional Resources60 minutes
Tips for Teaching Students with Disabilities10 minutes
Optional Prompts for Discussion & Reflection10 minutes
Pre-Course Survey10 minutes
Are you a New York State educator?10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Introduction to Art & Inquiry30 minutes

In this module you will explore different ways to facilitate close looking with your students by engaging in open-ended, inquiry-based conversation around works of art.

What's included

3 videos8 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 26 minutes

Mindful Drawing15 minutes
Close Looking with Art7 minutes
Why use open-ended questions?3 minutes

8 readingsTotal 80 minutes

Welcome to Module 210 minutes
Consider: Mindful Drawing & Close Looking with Art10 minutes
Consider: Strategies for Close Looking10 minutes
Consider: Developing Open-Ended Questions10 minutes
Consider: Themes & Essential Questions10 minutes
Review of Module 210 minutes
Optional Readings & Additional Resources10 minutes
Optional Prompts for Discussion & Reflection10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Close Looking & Open-Ended Questions30 minutes

In this module, we will explore how art and Social Emotional Learning can deepen students’ attention, self-awareness, as well as their awareness of others.

What's included

9 videos11 readings

9 videosTotal 28 minutes

Art as a Tool for Social Emotional Learning (SEL)12 minutes
Introduction to Learning with MoMA Lessons2 minutes
Lesson on Self-Awareness: Rirkrit Tiravanija2 minutes
Lesson on Self-Awareness: Carrie Mae Weems2 minutes
Lesson on Social Awareness: Shambhavi2 minutes
Lesson on Social Awareness: Charles White2 minutes
Lesson for Creating Community: Frida Kahlo 2 minutes
Lesson for Creating Community: Helen Levitt2 minutes
Adapting Non-SEL Lessons3 minutes

11 readingsTotal 105 minutes

Welcome to Module 310 minutes
SEL Frameworks That Have Inspired Us10 minutes
Lesson Links: Self-Awareness10 minutes
Lesson Links: Social Awareness10 minutes
Lesson Links: Creating Community10 minutes
Lesson Links: Adapting Non-SEL Lessons10 minutes
Review of Module 310 minutes
Optional Readings & Additional Resources 10 minutes
Optional Prompts for Discussion & Reflection10 minutes
Mid-course survey5 minutes
Reminder: CTLE for New York State educators10 minutes

This module focuses on activities as a mode of inquiry. In this module you’ll explore how to use three kinds of activities in your classroom to effectively promote an exchange of ideas with students.

What's included

3 videos7 readings

3 videosTotal 16 minutes

Artist's Process: Preparatory Drawings4 minutes
Artist's Process: Weaving8 minutes
Artist's Process: Designing & Re-Designing Everyday Objects3 minutes

7 readingsTotal 120 minutes

Welcome to Module 410 minutes
Consider: Drawing & Writing as Inquiry10 minutes
Consider: Material Exploration as Inquiry10 minutes
Consider: Design Thinking as Inquiry10 minutes
Review of Module 410 minutes
Optional Readings & Additional Resources60 minutes
Optional Prompts for Discussion & Reflection10 minutes

In this module you will consider ways to incorporate inquiry about a work of art into your classroom and make connections to different subject areas including Social Studies, English Language Arts, and Science.

What's included

3 videos13 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 21 minutes

Ruth Asawa and Social Studies6 minutes
Ruth Asawa and English Language Arts8 minutes
Ruth Asawa and Science7 minutes

13 readingsTotal 125 minutes

Welcome to Module 510 minutes
Case Study: Ruth Asawa10 minutes
Suggested Curricular Connections: Art, Inquiry, and Social Studies10 minutes
Suggested Curricular Connections: Art, Inquiry, and English Language Arts10 minutes
Suggested Curricular Connections: Art, Inquiry, and Science10 minutes
Review of Module 510 minutes
Optional Prompts for Discussion & Reflection10 minutes
End-of-course survey5 minutes
CTLE for New York State educators10 minutes
MoMA Resources10 minutes
Tips for Teaching Students with Disabilities10 minutes
Activity Sheets from Art & Inquiry Newsletters10 minutes
Virtual Event Recordings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Final Project: Design an Inquiry-Based Lesson30 minutes

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Larissa Raphael

The Museum of Modern Art

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The Museum of Modern Art

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Reviewed on Aug 9, 2015

Great! this course gives amazing activities and ideas for the classroom, but it also gives you smart strategies for us to connect and evaluate a work of art differently.

Reviewed on Feb 25, 2019

Its an amazing course for teaching strategies not only classrooms but also informal teaching techniques. I enjoyed the course and it create an experience with artworks and museum learning.

Reviewed on Oct 23, 2019

This course is a great way to begin looking at art and inquiry based learning. Great teaching and great tools for learning!

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Frequently asked questions

This course has been designed for primary and secondary teachers of all subjects, but we welcome anyone interested in teaching with art to enroll. No prior knowledge of art history is required.

You will develop an understanding of the benefits of using inquiry and activities, while also learning techniques for integrating art across your curriculum. You will also learn how Social Emotional Learning enables students to cultivate self-awareness, social awareness, and their understanding of community.

Coursera currently provides certificates of completion. MoMA offers New York State teachers Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credit for individual courses and for the three-course specialization developed for K-12 educators. More information about CTLE in New York State is included in the courses. MoMA does not offer any other accreditations at this time.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.