ARED 6300L:Art Education Practicum III

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the MAT committee.
This course is the capstone experience for the Master of Arts of Teaching Art. Candidates will analyze how visual art teachers become creative choice-makers, reflective practitioners, and researchers forming curricular and instructional methods and strategies based on effective and efficient use of contemporary, intellectual and pedagogical resources. A teaching portfolio is initiated on-line, focusing on strategies appropriate to educational connoisseurship. Emphasis is placed on an extended internship in the art classroom. An exit portfolio will highlight the candidates success as an educator of all art disciplines, thus illustrating the important career choice actualized by the intern. This course serves as a capstone experience toward initial certification in art education. Candidates should plan to spend 18 hours per week in the classroom.

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