Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom

The Museum of Modern Art

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Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods originally developed for in-gallery museum education.

Curso 100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Aprox. 7 horas para completar

Sugerido: 4 weeks, x 2 hours of study per week, plus 2 hours for final project = 10 hours

English

Subtítulos: English

Curso 100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Aprox. 7 horas para completar

Sugerido: 4 weeks, x 2 hours of study per week, plus 2 hours for final project = 10 hours

English

Subtítulos: English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

1 hour to complete

Module 1: Introduction to Inquiry | Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?

This course will introduce ways to integrate works of art into your classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings. It is designed to give you the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. All the strategies covered emphasize literacy and critical thinking skills that connect across disciplines....

2 videos (Total 11 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

2 videos

1.1 Introduction to Inquiry: Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?1m

1.2 Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?9m

1 readings

1.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m

1 practice exercises

1.4 Quiz26m

2

Section

2 hours to complete

Module 2: Close-Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry

In this module we will discuss and review the different ways that you can facilitate close-looking with your students and engaging in open-ended, inquiry-based conversation around works of art. Don’t wait to start practicing! Grab a friend or a family member and start leading inquiry-based conversation around a work of art, or anything. As you will see in the Google Hangout video, you can use a digital image or any object that you have around that would lend itself to leading an inquiry-based discussion. These practice sessions are not required but the more you practice, the easier and better your classroom performance will be. ...

3 videos (Total 67 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

3 videos

2.1 Introduction to Close-Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry0m

2.2 Close-Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry12m

2.3 Inquiry in Action: Google Hangout about Art & Identity53m

1 readings

2.4 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m

1 practice exercises

2.5 Quiz20m

3

Section

24 minutes to complete

Module 3: Activities as Inquiry

This section explores interactive methods that promote an open-ended, two-way exchange of ideas and engage a specific set of skills including close-looking, peer-to-peer learning, creative thinking, and problem-solving....

2 videos (Total 14 min), 1 reading

2 videos

3.1 Introduction to Activities as Inquiry0m

3.2 Activities as Inquiry13m

1 readings

3.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources10m

4

Section

4 hours to complete

Module 4: Putting it all Together: Making Connections Across Curriculum

In this module we will model ways that you can incorporate inquiry around a work of art into your classroom and make connections to curricula. We will also explore the types of resources that you can access to supplement your lesson development and planning....

4 videos (Total 134 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

4.1 Introduction to Putting it all Together: Making Connections Across Curriculum0m

4.2 Putting it all Together: Making Connections Across Curriculum9m

4.3 #ArtHang with MoMA Learning: Open House with Lisa Mazzola3m

4.4 #ArtHang with MoMA Learning: Open House with Lisa Mazzola and Author Laurel Schmidt0m

1 readings

Funding for Education at MoMA10m

Instructor

Lisa Mazzola

Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs

About The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental. Our mission is helping you understand, enjoy, and use the art of our time....

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Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom