EDU 220 - Integrating the Arts in Elementary Education
Description
This course is designed to meet the performing and visual arts requirements for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. The course is team taught, integrating content and pedagogy from visual art, music, and theater. Students collaborate on projects using identified pedagogical practices to enhance teaching and learning through creative problem solving.
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 4
School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Education
Discipline: EDU
Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240227T11:09:07
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios
General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the differences between and importance of artistic products and processes.
2. Build a repertoire of useful resources for incorporating the arts into the classroom.
3. Compose a rationale for integrating the arts into the elementary classroom.
4. Confidently engage classroom as both him/herself and as a character.
5. Describe the qualities and properties of various art media.
6. Discern the difference between musical attitude and aptitude.
7. Generate learning opportunities through theater inspired games
8. Incorporate elements of the arts into a comprehensive final lesson.
9. Introduce elements of art and principles of design in order to facilitate knowledge and confidence in the classroom when discussing specific works of art as well as general conversations on the nature of art.
10. Use the arts to create a safe, open, and enthusiastic learning environment that encourages a creative response from the participants.
11. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues.
12. Adapt to change by developing new ideas or finding improved ways of doing things.
Approved for Online Delivery?: No
Course Outline:
I. Importance of the Arts
A. Multiple Intelligence Theory and the Development of the Whole Child
B. Relationship to Individual Curriculum Areas
C. Resources for Curriculum Integration
D. Lesson Plan Development
II. Collaboration, Resource Compilation
A. Develop a Resource Binder Conisting of Articles, Books, Websites, Games, etc.
B. Journal Reflections (verbal reflection/class discussion of learning)
C. Community Involvement
D. Cultural Differences
III. Music
A. Students will gain confidence as singers through active participation in song games, seasonal, holiday and patriotic songs.
B. Students will discern the difference between musical attitude/aptitude and process/product.
C. Students will compile a repertoire of children’s literature books with musical themes, develop a list of music resource websites, amass a list of songs that can be used to teach content and explore the use of classroom percussion instruments.
D. Students will locate and share recent media reports highlighting the use of music in the classroom to motivate students and improve their classroom performance in order to compose a rationale for integrating music into the elementary classroom.
IV. Visual Arts
A. Introduction to Visual Arts
1. Connecting with the Core Curriculum
2. Importance of Development/ Enhancement of Skills
3. Discipline Based Arts Education
B. Framework of Visual Arts Education
1. Elements of Art
2. Principles of Design
C. Production and Process of Artwork
1. Two-Dimensional
2. Three-Dimensional
D. History of Art
1. Artists
2. Cultures
E. Technology
1. Resources
2. Pros/Con
V. Theatre
A. Elements of Theatre
1. Importance of Play
2. Need to Discover
3. Following Objectives
4. Choices lead to Character
5. Rehearsal Ettique
B. Theatre as a Pedagogical Tool
1. Theatre Games
2. Applied Theatre
3. Coaching Creativity
4. Classroom Production
C. Theatre Skills
1. Puppetry
a. Types of Puppets
b. How to Use Puppets
2. Mask
A. Body Work
B. Voice Work
C. Countermask
D. Elements of Dance
1. Expression through Dance
2. Dance Vocabulary
3. Encouraging others to Dance
VI. Final Project
Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 5-10%
Facilitated Discussion: 5-10%
Group Work: 10-15%
Workshops: 15-20%
Lab Experience: 50%
Student Presentation: 10-15%
Mandatory Course Components:
Integrated Arts Final Group Project with Associated Rubric
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: EDU 118 (C or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test:
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Lecture/Lab Hours Per Week: 4
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: This class will be taught by a team of teachers from the Art, Music, and Theater departments. Teachers must have a Master’s Degree in their area and relevant experience in k-12 education.
Maximum Course Enrollment:
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
AP Min. Score:
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit:
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Paraprofessional Education, A.A.A.S., Pre-Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Elementary Teaching + Educational Studies, A.A. (Grand Valley State Univ),
Course Fees: $20.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 104386
Course CIP Code: 19.9999
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