Arts 251/Education 251: Arts Teaching in Educational and Community Settings

Instructor: Madeline Cantor,

This course is a Praxis II course (4-6 hours per week in a school or community placement) intended for students with substantial experience in either dance, visual arts, theater or music.  Through both the seminar portion of the course and the praxis placements students will read, write, discuss and engage directly with arts learning and teaching in a variety of settings – public, parochial, charter and private schools in urban or suburban areas, afterschool programs or community arts programs.  The purpose of the praxis component is to allow students to create a fluid relationship between theory and practice through observing, teaching and reflecting on arts practices in education contexts.