PRES 500 Foundations of Museum + Primary Sources in Education

Division of Continuing Studies Professional Institute for Educators

3 credits 42.0 hours
500 level graduate course

What can students learn from museums, artifacts and primary sources? This course enables educators to gain a broad understanding of using these sources to guide inquiry-based learning to discover inspiration for developing K-12 curricula. Consider museum typologies and programming using five diverse contexts through which the possibilities of museum resources will be explored: perceptual, autobiographical, cultural, interdisciplinary and institutional. Projects include researching and evaluating museum web pages, writing a reflection paper, primary source analysis, developing lesson plans, studio art activities and a field trip to a local museum.

Open to graduate students from the Division of Continuing Studies.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.