A Practical Guide to Teaching Art and Design in the Secondary School bridges the gap between key themes in Art and Design education theory, professional practice and the classroom. This practical and accessible book introduces methods for the delivery of engaging Art and Design lessons that safely and meaningfully address the current key issues in the subject.

Each chapter includes tasks to support trainee and early career teachers in implementing, reviewing and adapting their teaching. Chapters cover a range of core approaches to the curriculum such as powerful knowledge for the Art and Design teacher, the place of Art History in the curriculum and critical thinking in Art and Design learning. In addition, emerging cultural and political issues (such as decolonising the Art and Design curriculum, gender and sexuality, anti-ablism, sustainability and well-being) are explored in ways designed to guide teachers towards applying their own unique teaching style.

Linking directly to the planning and delivery of the subject in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, the book is divided into three sections:

• Imaginative Curiosity for the Art and Design Teacher
• Epistemological Curiosity for Teachers and Learners
• Critical Curiosity in the Art and Design Classroom

Designed to be used independently or alongside the essential textbook Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School, this book is packed with practical strategies, teaching ideas and activities in every chapter. The book provides everything trainee and early career teachers need to reflect on and develop their teaching practice, helping them to plan lessons across the subject in a variety of teaching situations.

About the Author

Andy Ash is an Associate Professor at UCL IOE. His expertise and research include Art Education, Contemporary Art, Galleries & Museums, Teaching & Learning, Visual Art Practice as Research and Initial Teacher Education. He is the President (elect) of NSEAD and InSEA Chair for the European Regional Council.

Peter Carr is a past PGCE Subject Leader Art and Design at Birmingham City University. Prior to working in Initial Teacher Training, he taught in secondary schools and in FE. He is engaged in research on pupils' affective perceptions of school design.

Reviews

Not only will this guide be essential reading for all trainee and early career Art and Design teachers, it is also a book for any educator wishing to review or reboot their Art and Design expertise. All twenty chapters dig deeply but accessibly into the essential issues and approaches of teaching our subject today. It is packed with pertinent research and practice as well as provocations and tasks to encourage reflective practice.

The authors want to create 'a curriculum of curiosity and hope'. This book is for every art educator who shares this important ambition.

Sophie Leach, Deputy General Secretary, NSEAD

Book Information
ISBN 9781032455303
Author Andy Ash
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 700g