The art teacher's handbook is a comprehensive guide to teaching art for art coordinators, primary or secondary teachers, NQT's, Heads of Department or trainees
The Art Teacher's Handbook is a 265 page, practical guide to teaching art for both new and experienced teachers at Primary Elementary phase or Secondary High school level. It will help you to focus on what works and tailor your practice to suit your students' needs with the confidence of expert theory.
It outlines educational research into improving teaching and learning in a pragmatic, easy to read manner so that you can develop your own philosophical approach to teaching and develop a question based teaching model regardless of your pupil's age or ability level. At the heart of the book are strategies to help you to develop student led learning and create independent learners.
Also included is the latest research on assessing without levels, using computers in art and teaching SEN or G&T students as well as lots more. The Art Teacher's Handbook will help you to become a more informed teacher, whether you teach at Primary Elementary phase or Secondary High School level.
Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Teaching New chapter for 2015
Define and develop your own teaching philosophy from investigation into: pedagogies, learning styles, teaching styles, metacogni- tion, lateral thinking, multiple intelligences, ripples, Taxonomies; Blooms and Blooms revised, SOLO, Active learning, Self Directed Learning, the artists learning model.
Chapter 2 The Art of Questions New chapter for 2015
What is a question-based art model and how is it different? Why is questioning so important to raising attainment? What do the experts say? Responses to professional questions, top down teaching, why do we need questions, essential questions, creating questions, flow charts, exploring materials using questions, scamper, questions to support learning.
Chapter 3 Teaching Art New painting section for 2015
This chapter covers the real bones of teaching art; understanding the creative cycle, observation, still life, teaching skills; drawing, contemporary drawing, painting, printing, otherskills, developing your student's ability to think of ideas and be creative, knowledge, understanding, evaluation for learning, application of art.
Chapter 4 Planning Projects
Describing how to develop detailed schemes of work that tick all the boxes for attainment in art: choosing outcomes, assessment, selecting a theme, integrating learning objectives, success criteria, mapping curriculum, stimulus, homework, starter activities, plenaries. Develop projects on any theme with confidence.
Chapter 5 Personalised Teaching & Learning
Looks at adapting your teaching methods to suit your learners needs; the current climate, differentiating, supporting less able, extending and enriching, changing thinking habits, behaviour management, sketchbooks, lesson observations.
Chapter 6 Assessment Fully revised for 2015 with photos of pupil's work at all years and progression targets
The new changes; what have the dfe and ofsted said, Head teacher’s decisions, the new curriculum compared to the old, ensuring coverage, MIKE model, the NSEAD model, practical assessment to new standards, feedback, summative and formative assessment, progress descriptors for kS1, 2 and 3 that provide you with detailed learning targets, photographic examples of pupil's work from year 1 to year 9.
Chapter 7 Computers in Art
Using computers, software, IWB, mobile technology, online galleries, twitter, iPads in art, Apps, using a computer for design, computers for learning, examples of using ICT.
Chapter 8 Art History
Make art history interesting and fun; art timeline game, formal elements activities, art essay, body language game, what are you thinking? describing game.
Chapter 9 Teaching GCSE’s
Support and advice on getting the best out of your students: using data, systems, selecting students, art materials, planning, projects, assessment, standardisation, getting higher grades, intervention, target setting, sketchbooks, art exam, C/D borderline, moderation.
Chapter 10 Coordinating Art in Primary
Help and advice on managing primary art; introduction, the store, art audit, art materials, managing the art coordinator's role.
Chapter 11 Gifted and Talented and Baseline Testing
Types of G&T, strategies for teaching G&T, a practical baseline test for assessing gen- eral ability in art.
Chapter 12 SEN
Understand you pupil's SEN needs more fully; what is school action? school action plus, literacy, ADHD, autism, discalcula, dispraxia, dislexia, EBD, MLD, hearing impairment, visual impairment, and teaching strategies to help them learn better.
The book also contains 40 free files:
• Art history exercises and activities as well as literacy in art.
• GCSE assessment tracker and 'How to get A Star' presentation,
• SEVEN full art projects including resources and lesson plans,
• NEW Assessment in art tracker sheets and Success criteria tables
• Art activity sheets with new how to do lino printing,
• Drawing lessons,
• iPad Apps in art presentation,
• Posters and SEN support exercises and lots more!
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