Curriculum and Instruction, MEd
Concentration in ASTL: Art Education (AART)

The ASTL concentrations are for teachers and other educators with one or more years of teaching or education-related experience who want to continue to grow professionally. The program offers advanced study in a specific concentration area, including Virginia's Standards of Learning content areas, cohort classes, an innovative schedule, and the use of technology. The courses, aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, help teachers think and practice as board-certified teachers. The program develops teacher-leaders who practice reflection through action-research, problem-based learning, and self-inquiry, and teacher expertise in a concentration that will identify the teacher as a potential leader in that area. Experienced teachers and other educators with or without a master's degree may apply for the full master's degree program, which includes 12 credits of core courses.

Note: As part of your ASTL application, a visual arts portfolio must be submitted. At the Admissions Session, please provide a CD portfolio (or link to an online portfolio ready for viewing). This portfolio should include student work accomplished under your direction, as well as a selection of your own in your area of expertise and concentration, along with an artist's statement about your work.

Core Courses (12 credits)

EDUC 606: Education and Culture (3 credit hours)
EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice (2 credit hours)
EDUC 613: How Students Learn (3 credit hours)
EDUC 614: Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (2 credit hours)
EDUC 615: Educational Change (2 credit hours)

Concentration Courses (18 credits)

The 18-credit art education concentration is designed for art teachers with current licensure in art PK–12. It consists of six required courses that address contemporary professional development content areas in art education.

AVT 605: Issues and Research in Art Education (3 credit hours)
EDEP 601: Creativity and Cognition in the Arts and Media (3 credit hours)
AVT 694: Advanced Studies in Teaching Critical Response to Art, PK–12 (3 credit hours)
AVT 615: Technology for Art Teachers (3 credit hours)
AVT 697: Advanced Strategies and Curricular Innovations in the Visual Arts (2 credit hours)

Select one studio course from below:

AVT 667: Two-Dimensional Art Making: Form, Theme, and Context (4 credit hours)
AVT 668: Three-Dimensional Art Making across Cultures (4 credit hours)
AVT 669: Four Dimensional Art Making: Technology and New Media (4 credit hours)

Note: AVT 615 is a 3-credit studio course. Qualified students who test out of this course should choose two of the above 4 credit studio courses for a total of 8 studio credits.

ART EDUCATION CONCENTRATION FORM WITHOUT CORE
ART EDUCATION CONCENTRATION FORM WITH CORE
http://arteducation.gmu.edu/

Changes to Concentration Courses Effective Spring 2010:

AVT 605: Issues and Research in Art Education (3 credit hours)
EDEP 601: Creativity and Cognition in the Arts and Media (3 credit hours)
AVT 615: Technology for Art Teachers (3 credit hours)
AVT 667: Two-Dimensional Art Making: Form, Theme, and Context (3 credit hours)
AVT 694: Advanced Studies in Teaching Critical Response to Art, PK–12 (3 credit hours)
AVT 697: Advanced Strategies and Curricular Innovations in the Visual Arts (3 credit hours)

Qualified students who test out of AVT 615 will elect one of the following:

AVT 668: Three-Dimensional Art Making across Cultures (3 credit hours)
AVT 669: Four Dimensional Art Making: Technology and New Media (3 credit hours)

ART EDUCATION CONCENTRATION FORM WITHOUT CORE

Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning