Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom

Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods used by museum educators.

• Module 1: Introduction to Inquiry | Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art?
• Welcome to Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom. This course will introduce ways to integrate works of art into your classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings. This course is designed to give you the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. The strategies this course covers emphasize literacy and critical thinking skills across disciplines.
• Module 2: Close Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry
• In this module you will explore different ways to facilitate close looking with your students by engaging in open-ended, inquiry-based conversation around works of art.
• Module 3: Art, Inquiry, and Social Emotional Learning
• In this module, we will explore how art and Social Emotional Learning can deepen students’ attention, self-awareness, as well as their awareness of others.
• Module 4: Activities as Inquiry
• This module focuses on activities as a mode of inquiry. In this module you’ll explore how to use three kinds of activities in your classroom to effectively promote an exchange of ideas with students.
• Module 5: Putting it all Together | Making Connections Across Curriculum
• In this module you will consider ways to incorporate inquiry about a work of art into your classroom and make connections to different subject areas including Social Studies, English Language Arts, and Science.