Please enroll on or before the week of March 5th if none of your classes are meeting at Ottawa University Kansas City. Integrating the Fine Arts 3 Credits Students identify the distinctions and connections between arts study and arts experiences. They learn the methods, materials, and technology needed to teach music and art to children. They learn how to work alone, with arts specialists, and with other qualified community professionals in order to integrate the fine arts with other disciplines taught in pre-school and elementary classrooms. Emphasis is placed on the areas of abuse and neglect and how they foster mental illness.
Students look at methods of changing the behavior of children with problems.
This course is offered for future or present teachers in the various disciplines who will be teaching at any level from preschool to sixth grade. The course focuses on methods integrating reading and study skill evaluation with content instruction. This course examines diagnostic and remedial strategies and techniques used with elementary school children, particularly in the fields of reading and arithmetic. Standardized tests, IRIs, Key Math, and other diagnostic tests are explored. Students learn how to match test results with remedial strategies and develop remedial programs for children.