EDU 513 - Aligning Creativity with Standards and Authentic Assessment

Credit Hour(s): 3
EDU-513 Aligning Creativity with Standards and Authentic Assessment. This course integrates theory and professional practice by providing learners the opportunity to explore how creativity and authentic assessment can enhance student learning in the PK-12 classroom. Learners will investigate the following essential questions: 1) What is creativity?; 2) How can teachers integrate creativity and authenticity into curriculum and instruction?; 3) How can teachers integrate creativity into different forms of assessment (e.g., formative, summative, standards-based, authentic)?; and 4) How can creativity be assessed in student learning? Variables and factors, including the learning environment, pacing, external mandates, and other considerations, will be examined regarding assessment design and implementation. Learners will consider how creativity can be applied to their teaching practice and how that influences the curriculum and assessments they develop. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

Course Session Cycle: Summer 1
Course Yearly Cycle: Yearly