Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art
The Museum of Modern Art · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Larissa Raphael, Francis Estrada, Lisa Mazzola
Arts and HumanitiesPersonal Development
About the course
The most transformative learning experiences happen when students move from passive observers to active creators. This course offers techniques for activity-based teaching, a methodology that uses hands-on engagement and multimodal prompts to make modern and contemporary art resonate with your students. By adopting the strategies used by leaders in the field of museum education, you will learn how to turn your classroom into a dynamic studio where students think through making art. You will also
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