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ART EDUCATION Art education occupies the overlap between visual expression and social responsibility. Art education is recognized as an integrated, compound discipline, requiring intensive training in studio art and art history while reaching beyond art and education for its resources. The social and cognitive sciences provide frameworks through which contemporary issues in visual culture and the transmission of cultural knowledge are explored. All coursework has an accompanying practicum, designed to provide preservice teachers with the means to examine and apply their knowledge in a field setting. ART TEACHER Denver Public Schools PROGRAM SPECIALIST After School Matters