This course will include observations in culturally diverse classrooms. Course emphasis is on the utilization and integration of fine art skills into the elementary school curriculum. Music, art, and creative dramatics as instructional tools are explored. According to the most recent AASU Graduate Catalog, this course provides content, approaches, methods, and materials appropriate for young children as presented in interdisciplinary or experience approaches emphasizing how language arts, science, mathematics, social studies, and the creative arts are adapted to the skills and needs of children. Educators need to identify critical teaching practice that prevents learning failure in different cultures.
Participants learn nine effective teaching practices used in instructional design and delivery.
These practices are referred to as participants study and design curriculum to teach basic skills and content area lessons thus preparing them to become competent, reflective, decision making teachers who promote the intellectual, social and affective growth of their pupils. Participants learn behavior management techniques through effective instructional design and delivery creating a classroom management program committed to excellence and quality in education for all cultures. Participants will participate in and discuss simulations demonstrating nine effective teaching practices. They will design and teach basic skills and content area lessons using the nine effective teaching practices. They will demonstrate effective classroom management using the nine effective teaching practices while teaching these lessons.