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Dr. Eileen Council / ecouncil@uarts.edu / 215.717.6432
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Description

Educators require continued professional development in order to know and apply current research in teaching and learning into the design of classroom curriculum and the continued improvement of the instructional process. Brain based research suggests that integrating arts learning into the curriculum will assist learners in the full acquisition of new knowledge. The Graduate Certificate in the Arts includes courses in the area of studio arts (visual, performing arts, and arts integration) in order to facilitate educators’ abilities to apply skills in the arts content areas to classroom curriculum across all content areas. Courses include content knowledge or research in arts learning and instruction and performing and visual arts. Due to the importance of the creation of works of arts in the Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts and Humanities, teachers in the Graduate Certificate in The Arts will design works of art under the tutelage of professional working artists who are experts in their art forms. Additionally, teachers further their knowledge of historical and cultural content, aesthetics and critique in order to better understand the content requirements of State Standards. Arts learning can be applied to all content areas of the curriculum, as learning in and through the arts increases the likelihood that students will have a deeper understanding of content and will better retain information for retrieval at a later time. This certificate is designed for K-12 teachers in all subjects.

This certificate is for in-service teachers. Courses within this certificate may also fulfill requirements of The Arts concentration in the MEd in Educational Program Design program.

Program Objectives

Students will:

• Develop an understanding of our evolutionary imperative to make art.
• Understand the important historical, philosophical, and political issues and movements that have influenced and molded education and art education in the United States currently and in the past.
• Understand the connection between creative and cognitive growth in K-12 students and how art making experiences can positively impact their learning.
• Build a critical awareness and understanding of the visual culture in which we live so that we, as teachers, can better equip our students to become media literate.
• Develop a familiarity with the elements and principles of visual art through hands-on engagement in both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional media appropriate for K-12 teaching

Program Requirements (15 Credits)