SkillCircles

Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art

A course by Larissa Raphael

Art can be a powerful catalyst for building skills and understanding a range of subjects. Intended for primary and secondary teachers of all disciplines, Art & Activity builds upon the inquiry-based approaches of Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your Classroom, while delving into activity-based strategies that will make your students empowered participants.

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This Course

Starts on October 25

The SkillCircles Experience

Form Your Own Circle

Choose your peers to create your ideal learning group.

Dive Into Course Materials

Access video lessons and contents directly on coursera.

Weekly meeting with your peers

Meet up with your peers to unpack the week's contents together.

Course Contents

• Week 0: Welcome!

This first meeting is a chance to meet your peers and get to know each other. Spend some time with your Circle and familiarize yourself with the Circles app. Then, check out the course and plan your learning journey together!

• Week 1: Introduction to Art & Activity

Establish your foundation on methods for engaging students with works of art. Learn about the philosophy behind active learning and principles for designing engaging activities, in the frame of activity-based learning.

• Week 2: Activities for Analyzing and Reflecting

In this module, we’re moving from theory to practice, with videos that discuss drawing, sound, movement, writing, and game-based activities that build skills for analyzing and reflecting about art.