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faculty
Cathy Smilan
Professor / MAE Graduate Program Director
Art Education, Art History & Media Studies
Contact
508-910-6594
csmilan@umassd.edu
College of Visual & Performing Arts 352A
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
In this practicum experience, teaching licensure candidates are assigned to a school where they work with and are supported by a Supervising Practitioner. Under supervision of an assigned university instructor (Program Supervisor), the student conducts art experiences under actual classroom conditions including teaching and classroom management responsibilities. This practicum is a fifteen-week, full-time classroom experience at the elementary level PreK-8. A weekly seminar at the University provides opportunity for the student teacher to share insights and concerns. Students seeking careers other than teaching take this course but are placed in a non-school setting and do not qualify for state licensure.
In this practicum experience, teaching licensure candidates are assigned to a school where they work with and are supported by a Supervising Practitioner. Under supervision of an assigned university instructor (Program Supervisor), the student conducts art experiences under actual classroom conditions including teaching and classroom management responsibilities. This practicum is a fifteen-week, full-time classroom experience at the elementary level PreK-8. A weekly seminar at the University provides opportunity for the student teacher to share insights and concerns. Students seeking careers other than teaching take this course but are placed in a non-school setting and do not qualify for state licensure.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Practicum experience preparation. This non-credit course is designed to assist students in preparation for the student teaching or non-licensure capstone. This course.covers CVPA education programs (in art and music education) requirements for licensure and degree conferral. Preparation of professional materials such as teaching portfolios, website creation and organization, resumes, and cover letters will be included. An overview ofthe CAP will be presented for licensure candidates and all students will complete the self-evaluation and goal.
Art studio and seminar study involving a studio-course format. Students will survey a variety of media, including art-based social practice, and develop a portfolio of work in aesthetic and studio techniques. Reflection on these processes will investigate application to art practice as well as practical application of studio concepts within the classroom curriculum. The studio experience includes regularly scheduled group seminar meetings and critiques. This studio/seminar may be taken for a maximum of 2 times totaling 6 credits. Applies visual studio skills in the exploration of conceptual questions. Rigorous examination of studio practice from a research and theoretical perspective is designed to help students apply their studio practice to their teaching practice, thus informing both methodologies. Visual documentation analysis is explored from the perspective of artist/researcher/teacher through utilization of the Arts-based research (ABR) paradigm in arts education.
Development and implementation of a capstone project demonstrating mastery in an area of individual focus in art education. In this course, students will develop and submit a proposal, and once approved, implement their area of study. Projects may include visual inquiry and exhibit, theoretical paper or practice-based work in school or community settings.
Applies studio skills and visual critique to explore student developed inquiry questions related to social issues of [in]justice and advocacy. Rigorous examination of studio practice, critique and critical pedagogy is designed to advance studio processing, critical inquiry and educational advocacy. Visual documentation analysis from the perspective of artist/researcher/teacher/critic utilizes Arts-based research (ABR) paradigm and contemporary critical transformative theory.
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Application of visual studio skills in the exploration of student developed inquiry question. Rigorous examination of studio practice from a research and theoretical perspective is designed to help students apply their studio practice to their teaching practice, thus informing both methodologies. Visual documentation analysis is explored from the perspective of artist/researcher/teacher through utilization of the Arts-based research paradigm in arts education.
Register for this course.