This volume draws together a range of ethical and pedagogical issues for trainee and newly qualified teachers of art and design, in both primary and secondary schools. Arguing for a critical approach to art and design curriculum, the collection encourages students and teachers to consider and reflect on issues in order that they can make reasoned and informed judgements about their teaching or art and design.
This volume draws together a range of ethical and pedagogical issues for trainee and newly qualified teachers of art and design, in both primary and s...
What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools?
What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum?
How can art and design develop the agency of young people?
Understanding Art Education examines the theory and practice of helping young people learn in and beyond the secondary classroom. It provides guidance and stimulation for ways of thinking about art and design when preparing to teach and provides a framework within which teachers can locate their own experiences and beliefs.
Designed to complement the core textbook...
What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools?
What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum?