Whether you are beginning a teacher training course or embarking on a career in teaching, this introductory textbook provides comprehensive information on how to meet the standards for the effective teaching of art and design in foundation and primary settings. The authors offer comprehensive guidance on everything from reflecting on your own subject knowledge, to organizing the classroom, planning your lessons, using a variety of art processes and using other artists' work in your teaching.
Table of Contents
1. The subject of art and design; 2. Art and Design in the Foundation stage and Key Stages 1 and 2; 3. Processes in Art and Design; 4. Organising and Managing Art and Design; 5. Planning Art and Design; 6. Monitoring and assessing children's learning in Art and Design; 7. Using Artists Work; 8. Art and Design and equal opportunities; 9. Art and Design and children with special educational needs; 10. The Art and Design co-ordinator's role; 11. Resources in Art and Design.
Author Biography
Robert Watts is the Subject Leader for Art and Design Education, School of Education, Roehampton University. Sue Cox is a Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia. Diarmuid McAuliffe is a Lecturer in Art Education, School of Education, University of Paisley. Judy Grahame is an Art and Design Education Consultant. Steve Herne is a Lecturer in Art in Education, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
