Having acquired advanced skills in arts practices and communication, graduates of the Major in Art Teaching (MAT) degree programme are equipped to initiate educational processes in the classroom. They independently devise artistic, art-educational and mediatory projects that are informed by contemporary methodologies, by discourse on participation and self-empowerment, and by critical reappraisal of institutional structures and the terms and conditions of education today, be it in schools or museum outreach programmes. As teachers and outreach professionals, graduates of the Major in Art Teaching (MAT) programme highly value their own artistic positions and are able to introduce, communicate and demonstrate them in art education contexts. The generally two-year Master of Arts in Fine Arts with a Major in Art Teaching (MAT) is non-consecutive (i.e. allows lateral entry) and may be taken part-time over a three-year period. The educational sciences part of the programme is taught in cooperation with the Lucerne University of Teaching and Education (UTE). Graduates here thus gain an EDK1-certified teaching degree that qualifies them to teach art up to baccalaureate (GCSE “A”) level.
- EDK: Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (Federal Swiss Board of Education)
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Artistic Education
Art practice serves here as the basis for an artistically informed teaching practice.
Comprehensive mentoring by experts in art and education as well as collective projects realised with fellow students, lecturers, and scholars in relevant related disciplines complement the degree programme. Dedicated capacity building for the everyday work of newly qualified teachers, including one-on-one teaching, is core to the Lucerne School of Art and Design’s MAT programme. In comparison to other teacher training programmes, the curriculum here leaves room for ambitious artistic practice as well as theoretical insights into how to transfer practice-based knowledge to the classroom. In addition, in the course of the art education modules, students address questions that arise in the public space or the semi-public space of schools or museums.
In the Lucerne School of Art and Design’s generously equipped Workshops, existing knowledge of the disciplines Digital Skills, Video, Sound, Printing, 3D (Metal, Plastics, Ceramics and Wood) and Photography can be deepened and practical skills further honed. Comprehensive support and guidance from committed well-known artists, art educationalists, and lecturers in Cultural Studies and Art Theory are assured students throughout the degree programme. Additional practical skills are gained through participation in urban interventions, land art projects, and exhibitions of art in public space, through practice-oriented work placements (internships) and research projects, and through specific career-oriented modules.
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Art Education and Related Work Placements (Internships)
Meticulously prepared and well-thought-out educational projects and work placements in schools or other settings serve to hone students’ practical skills.
In the educational sciences part of the programme four work placements must be completed: three at Swiss schools (teaching to baccalaureate level) and one in a non-school setting – ideally on an museum outreach programme or in the framework of an exhibition or mediation project in an informal educational setting, such as “Camp”, for example, the “Koküv” research and development programme launched in cooperation with Lucerne Kunstmuseum, funded by the Göhner Stiftung (Foundation) and directed by Sabine Gebhardt Fink. Throughout the entire Master’s programme, both during their work placements and in their personal artistic development, MAT students are assured the full support of personal mentors.
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