TORAH THROUGH THE ARTS PRACTICUM
EDU 111
Course Description
This course builds on EDU 101 and JPH 170 to help students develop the skills they need to develop and facilitate creative educational experiences. Course lessons, group work, and student teaching provide the experience and knowledge for students to develop age-appropriate curricula and to understand and apply a range of pedagogical practices, with a particular focus on arts integration in Jewish learning.
Learning Outcomes
To facilitate meaningful, enjoyable, and pedagogically sound creative learning experiences.
To select suitable art forms to express Jewish ideas and concepts
To know how to write lesson plans for arts integration experiences
To gain the necessary skills to evaluate the quality of an educational arts integration experience and make necessary adjustments.
To gain the skills to teach collaboratively.
To deepen appreciation of how artistic expression can further spiritual growth.