Pedagogy

This is a guest blog post from art teacher Fiona Leadbeater and is taken from her excellent blog Perfectly Imperfect Educator. Observing other teachers is such a great form of professional learning. There are many things to be learned from being part of a lesson taught by a more experienced teacher. However, sometimes I worry […]

What does a good interview lesson look like? I frequently see art teachers on social media, asking each other what to deliver when they have an interview art lesson. Here in the UK, part of the interview process to secure an art teaching position is to teach a lesson whilst observed by your potential employers. […]

Some of my most rewarding lessons have been when students have really engaged with the discussion. Art teachers are exposed to many different methods of using questioning in the art classroom but what is right for you? You will have learnt about it in your training, read about it in books and stumbled across it […]

At some point in your art teaching career, it is likely that you will be asked for the strategies that you employ for incorporating numeracy in your curriculum. What is numeracy? Numeracy is the ability to apply mathematical knowledge and skills in a wide range of situations both in school and in life. As an […]

Group work is a vital tool that encourages the development of confidence, communication and collaboration. However, within Art & Design it can be challenging to manifest due to learners having individual projects or pieces. In this blog post, I will share some things that I have found worked well when implementing group work with my […]

In the States they are called ‘attention grabbers’, here in the UK it would be part of your behaviour management strategy, but whatever you call it, ways to get your students to be quiet are an essential part of your teacher tool kit. Here are some tried and tested strategies used by art teachers around […]