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Get Smart with Art Mini-Institute
THE BAWP/deYOUNG SUMMER MINI-INSTITUTE
Grades: K-8
Instructors: BAWP and Museum Staff
July 29 - August 8, Tuesday - Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
$250 (2 units of optional Sonoma State University credit available for additional $110)
Location: de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park
This mini institute brings together the resources of the de Young Museum in San Francisco and UC Berkeley's Bay Area Writing Project to provide teachers with an opportunity to develop confidence in working with the museum's art collections as a teaching and learning resource and expand teachers' understanding of the multiple roles writing can play in students' learning. In collaborative sessions, designed to encourage the free exchange of ideas and questions, teachers will work with museum staff and BAWP teacher consultants in activities that include:
- engaging in Visual Teaching Strategies as a foundational experience to demonstrate the multiplicity of meanings generated by the museum experience
- interacting with museum curators to gain deeper understanding of the collections
- shadowing conservators for a behind-the-scenes look at how collections are cared for, restored, documented and displayed
- furthering observation skills through guidance by a master artist
- reading and discussing articles concerning museum practice and the teaching writing
- using writing as a tool for analysis, reflection and learning
The mini institute will focus on developing a thematic set of lessons directly related to teachers' grade levels and the museum's collections. Using the museum's curriculum Get Smart with Art and BAWP-developed writing ideas as departure points and the museum as their lab, teachers will explore possibilities for cross-curricular work, find new ways to engage students in art and writing, and share and develop strategies and skills to enrich their teaching. Throughout, BAWP teacher consultants and the museum's education staff will serve as coaches to support teachers' work. In addition, BAWP and the museum will offer a follow up Saturday during the school year, and the museum will arrange school visits and other additional support for teachers.
To register for this workshop, click the link below and print out the registration form. If you prefer that we mail you a form, please request one via email: bawp@berkeley.edu.
Complete the form and mail it to the BAWP office along with your payment or school purchase order. We will send you a confirmation of enrollment.
CLICK HERE for the registration form.
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