Mastering Primary Art and Design

✍ Scribed by Peter Gregory; Claire March; Suzy Tutchell

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 197
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mastering Primary Art and Design introduces the primary art and design curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make learning art and design irresistible.
Topics covered include:
• Current developments in art and design
• Art and design as an irresistible activity
• Art and design as a practical activity
• Skills to develop in art and design
• Promoting curiosity
• Assessing children in art and design
• Practical issues
This guide includes examples of children’s work, case studies, readings to reflect upon and reflective questions that all help to show students and teachers what is considered to be best and most innovative practice, and how they can use that knowledge in their own teaching to the greatest effect. The book draws on the experience of three leading professionals in primary languages, Peter Gregory, Claire March and Suzy Tutchell, to provide the essential guide to teaching art and design for all trainee and qualified primary teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the Authors
Illustrations
Preface
Foreword
Series Editors’ Foreword
How to Use this book
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Primary Art and Design
An introduction to primary Art and Design
What is primary Art and Design?
What is happening in primary classrooms today?
Why should the subject of ‘Art and Design’ be taught?
What does it mean to be artistic and how does this link to the curriculum subject?
How can Art and Design contribute to a child’s whole education?
Recommended reading
Chapter 2: Current Developments in Art and Design
Introduction
What is the current state of primary Art and Design?
The external view
The place of research in Art and Design education
What does the research actually say?
New research opportunities?
How can teachers positively contribute to children’s enjoyment of Art and Design?
The choices ahead
Recommended reading
Chapter 3: Art and Design as an Irresistible Activity
What makes something irresistible?
Why should Art and Design be full of irresistible activity?
What does Art and Design look like as irresistible activity?
How can teachers make primary Art and Design irresistible?
What was irresistible?
Below are three of the student-designed irresistible activities:
What was irresistible?
How can contemporary and modern art appreciation and critical awareness be included in irresistible activity?
Conclusion
Recommended reading
Chapter 4: Art and Design as a Practical Activity
What counts as practical activity in Art and Design?
Why should Art and Design involve practical activity?
Drawing
Painting
Expression through paint
Sculpture
What role does practical work play in primary Art and Design?
How does talk develop in Art and Design as a practical activity?
Recommended reading
Chapter 5: Skills to Develop in Art and Design
What are the skills within Art and Design?
Process skills
Invention
Analysis
Expression
Imagination
Observation
Why are the process skills important?
The beast within …
How does the teacher facilitate opportunities for autonomous learning/the child’s autonomy?
The role of sketchbooks in supporting skills development
How can teachers develop a good sketchbook habit?
How might we assess sketchbooks?
Recommended reading
Chapter 6: Children’s Ideas – Promoting Curiosity
Introduction
What is curiosity?
What does a curious child look like?
Curiosity vs. conformity
Layers of enquiry
Pandora’s box
Unlocking the unknown
Cabinets of curiosities
Agent of wonder
Room 13
Reggio Emilia and the Remida recycling centre
The ‘Drawing Room’
The wonderwall
Sketchbook circle: student teachers
The great outdoors – art without a ceiling
Layers in the landscape
Ink snow and ice
Spray textiles – colour stained grass/tarmac
Big charcoal rubbings
Sky photography
Speed date chalk-a-thon
Wonder hole
‘Mud between your toes’
Curiosity-based art play
Sharing the process
Astounding artists – lifelong learning
Conclusion: Googling curiosity – a ‘hollow’ experience
Recommended reading
Chapter 7: Assessing Children in Art and Design
Introduction
The possibility of assessment in Art and Design
Why assess children’s learning in Art and Design?
What could be assessed in Art and Design?
Generating ideas: skills of designing and developing ideas
Assessing children beyond levels in Art and Design
What does assessment actually look like in primary Art and Design?
Planning for progression
What about the inspectors’ view?
Further help and support
Recommended reading
Chapter 8: Practical Issues
Important considerations when planning Art and Design
Why progression is important
As a teacher what can I do about the lack of resources?
What resources are useful within the primary school?
Health and safety considerations
Consideration of the classroom/school environment relating to Art and Design
How can I utilize other adults in the Art and Design process?
Conclusions
Recommended reading
Afterword
Alphabetical List of Artists Mentioned in the Text
Useful Organizations and Resources
Bibliography
Index