The following course descriptions are available. Please check the Class Schedule or contact the program for course availability for each semester:
A&HA 4078 Art for classroom teachers: Teaching art to children
Ms. Lifschitz. Introduction to theories of artistic development, uses of art materials and processes, and lesson planning strategies for art experiences with children and young adolescents. Designed for classroom teachers and in-service students. Special fee $60.
Instructor: Naomi Lifschitz
A&HA 4079 Exploring cultural diversity: Implications for arts education
Ms. Anderson. This course explores a host of issues related to cultural diversity and examines their impact on the practices of art and art education. Teachers reflect about curriculum content, pedagogical approaches and human relations in the diverse art room.
Instructor: Sheyda Ardalan
A&HA 4080 Artistic development of children
Professor Burton. Required of all candidates seeking New York State art teacher certification (K-12). Recommended for all degree candidates in elementary education. An examination of the role of the senses, emotions, and intellect in artistic development and of the layered integrations they form over time. Discussion of ways in which developmental insights are basic to the design and implementation of exemplary visual arts lessons and offer critical starting points for research. Special fee: $20.
Instructor: Judith Burton
A&HA 4081 Curriculum design in art education
Dr. Schifano. Introduction to curriculum theory and design in the larger context of education and schooling. The course also explores alternative conceptual models as reflected in different art curricula, and engages students in review of curricular issues related to learning outcomes, standards and assessment in art education. Lab fee: $30.
Instructor: Natalie Schifano
A&HA 4085 Historical foundations of art education
Professor Sullivan. An introduction to major historical events and underlying beliefs, values, and practices that have influenced contemporary art and art education programs at all levels of instruction in the U.S. as well as internationally. Special fee: $30.
Instructor: John Baldacchino
A&HA 4086 Current issues and practices in art and art education
Faculty. An analysis of current philosophies, theories, and practices in art and art education at all levels of instruction. Programs in public schools, higher education, museum education, and other non-traditional settings are examined, along with advocacy initiatives and policy issues appropriate to the various issues discussed. Special fee: $30.
Instructor: John Baldacchino
A&HA 4087 Processes and structures in the visual arts
Mr. Swift. Prerequisite: A&HA 4080, A&HA 4088, or permission of instructor. Required of all students in all degree programs. Opportunity for in-depth and sustained exploration of the properties, structures, and expressive uses of selected art materials. The course aims to enrich and extend personal visual repertoires and in parallel, provoke insights into the role of materials in supporting, integrating and challenging the artistic growth of young people in school. Special fee: $60.
Instructor: Judith Burton
A&HA 4088 Artistic development: Adolescence to adulthood
Professor Burton. An examination of sensory, biological, affective, cognitive and cultural issues influencing continuing development in the visual arts. Discussion of ways in which developmental insights are basic to designing challenging lessons which enrich growth and learning as well as offering critical starting points for research. Required of all candidates seeking New York State Art Certification K�12. Special fee: $10.
Instructor: Judith Burton
A&HA 4090 Museum education issues I: Culture of art museums
Professor Hubard. An examination of the challenges facing art museums in the twentieth century, with a focus on changing interpretations of objects and how museums respond to public need. Special fee: $25.
Instructor: Olga Hubard
A&HA 4281 Field observations in art education
Ms. Ardalan, Ms. Butterer, Dr. Kantawala. Required of M.A. students or art teacher certification majors. To be taken concurrently with A&HA 4080, Artistic development of children, and A&HA 4088, Artistic development: Adolescence to adulthood. Involves observations in schools of various types; videotaping of contrasting teaching styles and curricular approaches; analysis of perceptual, artistic, and societal assumptions implicit within programs observed.
Instructor: Sheyda Ardalan
A&HA 4702 Supervised teaching in art education: Secondary
Ms. Darvin and Professor Hubard. Prerequisites: A&HA 4080, A&HA 4081, A&HA 4087, and A&HA 4088. M.A. candidates should plan to take student teaching in their last semester of course work towards their degree. For majors only. A variety of supervised teaching experiences (7-12), supple-mented by conferences, evaluation, and seminars. The student completes 200 hours in schools observing, assisting, teaching, and evaluating. Required of those seeking state certification in art in New York State and other states. Special fee: $15.
Instructor: Renee Darvin
A&HA 4722 Supervised student teaching in art education: Elementary
Ms. Darvin and Professor Hubard. Prerequisites: A&HA 4080, A&HA 4081, A&HA 4087, and A&HA 4088. M.A. candidates should plan to take student teaching in their last semesters as final course work towards their degrees. For majors only. A variety of supervised teaching experiences (K-6) supplemented by conferences, evaluation, and seminars. The student completes 200 hours in an elementary school observing, assisting, teaching, and eval-uating. Required of those seeking state certification in New York State and other states. Special fee: $15.
Instructor: Renee Darvin
A&HA 5064 Experiments in content
Faculty. An examination of new technologies, materials, concepts, attitudes, both in their current forms as well as future application. Participants will investigate a personal topic through field experience, hands-on demonstration, observation, readings and lectures. The topic focuses for the course will be drawn from art and design/studio/research/psychology/teaching. Special fee: TBA.
Instructor: Mahbobe Ghods
A&HA 5081 Curriculum design in art education: Advanced
Professor Baldacchino. An analysis of curricular models at all levels of instruction. Emphasis on evaluation techniques, subject matter, and implementation processes. Prerequisite: A&HA 4081 or consent of instructor. Special fee: $20.
Instructor: John Baldacchino
A&HA 5085 Varieties of visual experience: Museums and education
Ms. Darvin. Participants will visit New York City museums and use the multiple resources of the museums to develop personalized curriculum materials. Enrollment limited. Special fee: $30.
Instructor: Renee Darvin
A&HA 5090 Museum education issues II: Missions and standards
Dr. Bessa. An examination of the changing purposes of museums, both American and international, as they confront new technologies and expectations for greater participation in education. Issues of ethics and standards for museum education will also be discussed in the context of the section reform movement. Special fee: $25
Instructor: Antonio Andrade Bessa
A&HA 5804 Museums as resource: Workshops at the Metropolitan Museum
Professor Burton or Ms. Darvin. Independent study at Teachers College combined with workshops, lectures and seminars at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students work collaboratively with both Museum and College faculty to develop and carry out individual projects, which may lead in the direction of research and inquiry or into the development of instructional materials for different levels of schooling.
Instructor: Renee Darvin
A&HA 5922 Master's seminar in art education
Professor Hubard. Permission required. Required for all M.A. and Ed.M. students in the last 10 credits of their program. Guided independent work in the study of music, art, and dance, culminating in the development of a master?s project. Special fee: $30.
Instructor: John Baldacchino
A&HA 6002 Teaching and administration of art education in college
Professor Baldacchino. A practical and theoretical ground for the discussion, development and implementation of pedagogical philosophies, strategies and practices by which art and design specialists come to teaching as professed in art and design programs in higher education. The course attends to pedagogical discourses and practices; the administration of art as a discipline; and studio practice and art teaching as an instrument of professional development. Special fee: $15.
Instructor: John Baldacchino
A&HA 6021 Supervision and administration: Arts in education
Ms. Darvin. Permission required. Prerequisite: substantial teaching and/or arts administration experience. The function of supervision and administration: effective programs in city, county, and state school systems; in-service education and workshop techniques; school and community relationships; nontraditional settings such as museums, arts councils, etc. Special fee: $25.
Instructor: Harold Abeles
A&HA 6520 Seminar in clinical supervision in the arts: K-12
Ms. Darvin. Permission required. Seminar in classroom supervision and its application to student teaching and in-service training. On-site field experience, analysis of observation and assessment, readings and discussion. Participants must have a minimum of 5 years teaching. Special fee: $10.
Instructor: Renee Darvin
