Art can be a powerful catalyst for building skills and understanding a range of subjects. Intended for primary and secondary teachers of all disciplines, Art & Activity builds upon the inquiry-based approaches of Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your Classroom, while delving into activity-based strategies that will make your students empowered participants.
Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art
Offered By
The Museum of Modern Art
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Introduction to Art and Activity
Welcome to Art and Activity: Interactive Strategies for Teaching with Art. Art can be a powerful catalyst for building skills and understanding across a wide range of subjects. Establish your foundation by watching each module's video lectures and reviewing the required readings, artworks, and additional resources. Then, test your knowledge with the quizzes and be sure to comment on videos and post in the discussion forums to share your thoughts.
5 videos (Total 21 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
5 videos
1.2 Why Activities?2m
1.3 Philosophy Behind Active Learning6m
1.4 Designing Engaging Activities6m
1.5 Skills and Benefits of Activity-Based Learning3m
2 readings
1.6 Required Reading & Additional Resources10m
1.7 Works of Art10m
1 practice exercise
1. 8 Introduction to Activities14m
Week
2Activities for Analyzing and Reflecting
In this module, we’re moving from theory to practice, with videos that discuss drawing, sound, movement, writing, and game-based activities that build skills for analyzing and reflecting about art. Most videos touch upon a variety of methods, while the Take Action segments are in-depth demonstrations of specific activities. You’ll get the most out of these videos by actually doing the activities yourself. We encourage you to snap a photo of something you’ve made in response to a Take Action prompt, and then share it in the discussion forums.
6 videos (Total 31 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
6 videos
2.2 Sound & Movement Activities for Analyzing and Reflecting3m
2.3 Take Action: Blind Contour4m
2.4 Writing & Discussion-Based Activities for Analyzing and Reflecting4m
2.5 Take Action: DJ the Artwork4m
2.6 Games and Play-Based Activities8m
2 readings
2.7 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
2.8 Works of Art10m
1 practice exercise
2.9 Activities for Analyzing and Reflecting10m
Week
3Activities for Creating, Imagining & Connecting
In this module, we’ll stay active by covering activities that involve drawing, writing, discussion, sound, and movement. We’ll also put on our designer hats, with a Take Action video that presents a cosmic design challenge. You’ll have a chance to test your knowledge with the third and final quiz of the course. Finally, we want you to put all that you’ve learned into practice by using one of the activities with family, friends, or students, and then reflecting on the experience in the discussion forums.
6 videos (Total 35 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
6 videos
3.2 Writing & Discussion-Based Activities for Creating, Imagining & Connecting10m
3.3 Take Action: Postcard Home6m
3.4 Sound & Movement Activities for Creating, Imagining & Connecting4m
3.5 Design Thinking Activities4m
3.6 Take Action: Chair for an Astronaut3m
2 readings
3.7 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
3.8 Works of Art10m
1 practice exercise
3.9 Activities for Creating, Imagining & Connecting10m
Week
4Assessment Strategies
In this module, we shift the focus from activities to assessment. There are two videos; one that emphasizes self-assessment for you as the facilitator, and a second on assessing student work. Additionally, we have assigned two readings that support the video lectures, which you should complete before stating the final project.
2 videos (Total 11 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
3 readings
4.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
4.4 Works of Art10m
Funding for Education at MoMA10m
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Top Reviews
By LL•Oct 21st 2016
I really enjoyed the class. It was well put together, interesting, and gave me a lot of great ideas. Great for a new teacher or a refresher for an experienced teacher looking for new lessons.
By MM•Feb 4th 2018
This course is very useful and inspiring! There are interesting ready-made ideas of activities and mainly good descriptions of its principles of creation in this course. Highly recommend!
Instructors
Jessica Baldenhofer
Associate Educator, School Visits & PartnershipsEducation
Lisa Mazzola
Assistant Director, School and Teacher ProgramsDepartment of Education
Stephanie Pau
Associate Educator, Interpretation & ResearchDepartment of Education
About The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental. Our mission is helping you understand, enjoy, and use the art of our time.
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