Art Education (ARED)

An investigation of contemporary issues and trends in education and art education and their impact on our schools, including state mandates, arts education associations on the state and national level, funding agencies and technology.

Graduate seminar presenting special topics in art education. Course may be repeated when course content changes. See MyMadison for current topics.

A course designed for the art teacher to explore, investigate and produce artwork in media or approaches unfamiliar to the teacher. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring skills and knowledge with respect to materials and processes of specific media, as well as their direct application to students in a school setting.

Research methods that can be used to study aspects of art education and general education are explored. Research proposals developed during this course will reflect a range of contemporary issues and practices unique to the field of art education.

This course is graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory/incomplete (S/U/I) basis.