Course description:
This course supports students as they examine children’s creative expression and critical thinking through art, drama, and music. Exam content reflects contemporary theory and practice and promotes ideas and skills that tap children's propensity for creativity and critical thinking. Numerous strategies of arts integration and examples of learning content through the visual arts, music, dance, and poetry are discussed.
Course structure:
Course Syllabus
Study Guide
End of Course Review
Practice Questions
Exam:
48 questions
40 multiple choice questions
8 open-ended questions
2 hours to complete
Sample questions:
1) Which of the following is a developmentally appropriate art activity for toddlers?
A. Finger painting
B. Modeling with play dough
C. Exploring with crayons and paper
D. Coloring in a coloring book
2) Appropriate use of the computer has been found to facilitate which area of the development of young children?
A. Cognitive
B. Psychomotor
C. Logical-mathematical
D. Socio-emotional
3) The typical thematic approach to early childhood curriculum is:
A. Emergent, based on children’s interest and activities
B. Predetermines and planned by the teacher months in advance
C. Canned
D. Filled with opportunities for teachable moments
4) Which of the following provides the best definition for aesthetics?
A. The interconnectedness of one’s life experiences
B. The love and pursuit of beauty as found in art, movement, music, and life
C. A learned response to the natural environment
D. The separation of the cognitive and affective, knowing and feeling
5) Creative thinking occurs primarily in:
A. The right hemisphere of the brain
B. The left hemisphere of the brain
C. The corpus callosum
D. Both hemispheres of the brain
Answers:
C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A