Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods originally developed for in-gallery museum education.
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Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
The Museum of Modern ArtAbout this Course
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50%
started a new career after completing these courses
43%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Approx. 8 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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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.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
Module 1: Introduction to Inquiry | Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?
This course will introduce ways to integrate works of art into your classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings. It is designed to give you the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. All the strategies covered emphasize literacy and critical thinking skills that connect across disciplines.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 11 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
2 videos
1.2 Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?9m
3 readings
1.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
Tell Us About You10m
Resources: MoMA podcasts, art vocabulary, Magazine, and YouTube channel10m
1 practice exercise
1.4 Quiz26m
2 hours to complete
Module 2: Close-Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry
In this module we will discuss and review the different ways that you can facilitate close-looking with your students and engaging in open-ended, inquiry-based conversation around works of art. Don’t wait to start practicing! Grab a friend or a family member and start leading inquiry-based conversation around a work of art, or anything. As you will see in the Google Hangout video, you can use a digital image or any object that you have around that would lend itself to leading an inquiry-based discussion. These practice sessions are not required but the more you practice, the easier and better your classroom performance will be.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 67 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
3 videos
2.2 Close-Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry12m
2.3 Inquiry in Action: Google Hangout about Art & Identity53m
2 readings
2.4 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
Mid-course survey5m
1 practice exercise
2.5 Quiz20m
24 minutes to complete
Module 3: Activities as Inquiry
This section explores interactive methods that promote an open-ended, two-way exchange of ideas and engage a specific set of skills including close-looking, peer-to-peer learning, creative thinking, and problem-solving.
24 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 14 min), 1 reading
1 reading
3.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m
4 hours to complete
Module 4: Putting it all Together: Making Connections Across Curriculum
In this module we will model ways that you can incorporate inquiry around a work of art into your classroom and make connections to curricula. We will also explore the types of resources that you can access to supplement your lesson development and planning.
4 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 134 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
4.2 Putting it all Together: Making Connections Across Curriculum9m
4.3 #ArtHang with MoMA Learning: Open House with Lisa Mazzola1h 3m
4.4 #ArtHang with MoMA Learning: Open House with Lisa Mazzola and Author Laurel Schmidt1h
2 readings
Funding for Education at MoMA10m
End-of-course survey5m
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