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
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Shareable Certificate
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100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Approx. 9 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. Join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time through the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization or through individual courses: Modern Art & Ideas, Seeing Through Photographs, What Is Contemporary Art?, Fashion as Design, and In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting. Learn about teaching with art in our three courses designed for K-12 educators: Art & Inquiry, Art & Activity, and Art & Ideas.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours 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.
2 hours to complete
2 videos (Total 11 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
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
1 hour 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.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 14 min), 1 reading
3 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.
3 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 134 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
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TOP REVIEWS FROM ART & INQUIRY: MUSEUM TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
by JSApr 21, 2020
I was able to take away a lot of interesting things for my teaching but also for my own way of interacting with art. Thank you!
by DWMar 5, 2016
Outstanding course! I am a museum docent and found strategies presented extremely successful for museum teaching..
by RPAug 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.
by SMMay 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.
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