Developing Subject Knowledge, Skills and Understanding for Teaching and Learning in Art

Aims

To develop the subject knowledge, skills and understanding for high quality art teaching and learning in the primary classroom.

Overview

This three-part programme supports primary practitioners to reflect on and improve their teaching of art and design. Each session lasts half a day.

Session 1 looks at what we choose to teach (live via Zoom)

• Creating a strong rationale to engage children in art and design
• Ensuring you have a rich progression in skills and knowledge
• What should we include in the ‘perfect’ art and design lesson?

Session 2 is an on-demand recording to support reflection and activities. It will explore five ideas for exciting art, including:

• Learning the tools of the trade - to a high level of competence
• Celebrating the process - not the end result
• Engaging ways to expand and enrich technical vocabulary

Session 3 explores how we teach art, and how we establish and evidence our impact (live via Zoom)

• How do we understand ‘Greater Depth’ in art and design?
• Assessment approaches that don’t divert focus and energy from the real substance of learning
• Using literature, sources, and other aspects of ‘cultural capital’

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up

Pablo Picasso

Click to watch the 10 Minute Teaser with David Maytham, CEO TT Education and James Lewis depty of School Improvement, recorded 24.5.21