EAR 401 - Exploring the Arts:Visual Arts

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Adelphi University

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Description:

3 credits This course is designed to familiarize prospective teachers with the infinite possibilities of understanding through sensory exploration in their own lives and in the classroom. Course participants will engage in firsthand sensory-based exploration of various materials, which can stimulate artistic expression, idea formation, and meaning-making in students. Ongoing dialogues, readings, discussion, and written work will augment studio work. While broadening future teachers’ understandings about education in general, this course will enable teachers of all disciplines to move beyond conventional notions about schooling and engage their classrooms as exciting, exploratory arenas of natural learning. No prior artistic background is necessary. Cross-listed with EAR 501.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.ADELPHI.EDU

Phone Number:

(516) 877-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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