Shana Cinquemani is an early childhood/elementary art educator and researcher. Her research interests are grounded in ethical research practices with children, relationships between children and adults in the art classroom space, curriculum inquiry and theory in early childhood art, the conceptualization of children’s art as a meaningful socio-cultural practice, and ideas about motherscholarship in art education. She has worked as a museum educator, a preschool teaching assistant and an elementary and middle school art teacher. She is the founder and director of the Mini Makerz Art Studio, a community-based program that offers free, high-quality early childhood visual arts programs to young children and families in the greater Providence, RI area.
Shana has published her research in various peer-reviewed publications and edited collections,and is currently co-editing a book on motherscholarship, young children and the arts. She has presented her work at local, national and international venues and is past president of the Early Childhood Art Educators Interest Group for the National Art Education Association. Additionally, she is serving on the inaugural editorial review board for a new peer-reviewed journal titled Childhood Art: An International Journal of Research.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
TLAD 611G-01 - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY VISUAL ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TLAD 611G-01
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY VISUAL ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TH | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PMInstructor(s): Shana CinquemaniLocation(s): SoMain Barn (345 S. Main St.), Room 231Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course with its focus on curriculum development and pedagogical practices for students in elementary school has been designed as a the companion to TLAD-612G where the focus is students in secondary school. In this way, this pair of courses provides graduate students with an essential foundation to teaching the visual arts (art and design) from pre-K to 12th grade. This course provides students with insights and experiences in studio-based teaching and learning through the lens of an elementary setting. Students will be introduced to curricular and pedagogical practices that are grounded in meaning making and artistic inquiry, as well as authentic forms of assessment. There is a special emphasis within this course on approaching each of these frameworks (curriculum, instruction, and assessment) through an understanding of the developmental needs - cognitive, social, and personal - of young children. Within this course, students will engage in curriculum design and lesson planning through the development of a series of units that are grounded in enduring ideas in art and design education. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to engage in micro teaching experiences in partnership with a local elementary school classroom. They will have the opportunity to teach a carefully designed art/design lesson to a group of elementary-aged children and have the chance to thoughtfully reflect on their own teaching practices and encounters in the classroom.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Teaching + Learning in Art + Design Students.
Major Requirement | MA, MAT Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
TLAD 651G-01 - CRITICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TLAD 651G-01
CRITICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PMInstructor(s): Shana CinquemaniLocation(s): SoMain Barn (345 S. Main St.), Room 231Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This seminar provides an opportunity to critically examine topics and issues within various arts learning contexts. The course is designed to provide students with a primer to practices and scholarship of the intersections between the arts and education. The course is grounded in types of learning that occur in a range of institutional and organizational settings that include schools, colleges and universities, museums as well as non-profit sector community-based organizations. The seminar explores the role of art and design in individuals' lives from the perspective of the past and present as well as contemporary shifts that suggest a re-examination of focus and pedagogical approach. The course draws extensively from key documents from the arts learning literature as well as the expertise of scholars and practitioners who will join the course throughout the semester to share with students perspectives that illustrate both common ground and a diversity of thinking surrounding some of the more pressing topics and problems within the guests' respective professional fields. Throughout the course, students are required to provide annotations of journal articles, present reaction papers, make presentations on designated topics, and at completion of the course present a proposal for a potential thesis monograph essay or thesis book.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Teaching + Learning in Art + Design Students.
Major Requirement | MA Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
