Degree Overview
This curriculum and instruction program enhances the individual creativity of teachers and serves as advanced training for educators to integrate the arts into the school curriculum. Students discover the power and potential of the arts in education. Learn more about Lesley University's M.Ed. in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts program.
Benefits for Students
- You'll learn skills that transfer directly to the classroom. Through experiential learning in the arts, you'll strengthen your teaching skills, becoming a more imaginative, reflective and creative teacher.
- Each course offers innovative strategies for teaching diverse learner populations with various linguistic, ethnic, and ability backgrounds.
- Teachers who have completed the program report that students in their classroom, who have been unsuccessful in more traditional forms of education, reconnect to learning through experiences with the arts.
Skill Set Learned
- You'll learn to articulate the theory and practice of integrating the arts in education, as a curriculum leader.
- You'll demonstrate a working knowledge of visual arts, dance/movement, drama, music, poetry, and storytelling.
- You'll become an active leader and advocate of the arts.
Project Types and Sample Thesis Projects
Culminating projects are self designed, based on student interests, such as:
- Bully Box: Integrated arts lessons for elementary level, focusing on improving student behavior, fostering respect, and dealing with conflict resolution.
- Integrated Arts-Science Curriculum: This arts-based science curriculum aligns with the National and State Frameworks in science.
- Geometry through the Arts: A middle school course teaching geometry through the use of storytelling, visual arts, and poetry.
