ART 3520 - Principles and Practices of Art Education: An Introduction to Art Education

This course will introduce students to the practices and principles of art education. Students will examine: the historical and philosophical foundations of art education; current issues in art education; theories or art education; the major pedagogical approaches to art education; and human development and the arts. The course will provide students with an understanding of art education as an important stand-alone discipline as well as a discipline that can be integrated across the curriculum.