Strengthening 21st Century Skills through Art: A Teacher Institute
HAMMER | Jul. 17—19, Multiple Locations
Discover strategies for enhancing 21st century skills—critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity—through art and explore activities that integrate art with humanities themes.
This teacher institute is organized by the Hammer Museum and the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Participants in this workshop will:
- Learn how to enhance students’ critical thinking, communication, and evidence-based reasoning skills through inquiry-based discussions about works of art.
- Explore strategies for identifying and applying personal, curricular, and sociopolitical themes and concepts in a variety of artworks and art forms.
- Develop lesson ideas that integrate the arts and humanities and align with select English Language Arts Common Core standards and 21st century skills.
- Actively engage in collaborative creative art-making processes.
- Enhance confidence in leading students on a trip to an art museum with a subsidized bus
This institute is designed for 3rd-8th grade generalist and humanities teachers at a Title I school. Since capacity is limited, priority will be given to generalist and teachers of humanities subjects.
Event Dates: Jul. 17—19, 8:30 a.m.—3 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum & UCLA Broad Art Center, Room 2101
Price: Free
*Open to 3rd–8th Grade Generalist or Humanities Teachers
To RSVP, email academicprograms@hammer.ucla.edu with your name, email, school, school district, and subject(s) and grade level(s) you teach.
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.
The Broad Art Center is located in the northeast corner of campus, off of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.
Parking is available in Lot 3.