Author: The Arty Teacher
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Art Teacher Interview Questions
If you’re about to be interviewed or you’re a head of department who is going to be doing the interviewing, you’ll find the questions below useful. As an interviewee, you can’t anticipate every question but if you write down answers to the questions below, you’ll certainly fly through a good part of the interview. Writing…
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How to Build a Good Rapport with Students
Knowing how to build a good rapport with students is useful knowledge and seems to come naturally to some teachers. If this is something you’d like to develop, there are some useful tips below. Smile There is a famous poem by Spike Milligan where the first line states ‘A Smile is Infectious’. (You can read…
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Process: Collage, Coffee and Coloured Pencils
I’m delighted to share with you this lovely experimental, step-by-step work created by Mrs Williams from Cromwell Art Department. Using collage, coffee and coloured pencils, Mrs Williams has created this artwork of ‘Rupert’ the cockerpoo for her sister. This would be a great process for students to follow, in lockdown or in the classroom. Firstly, Mrs…
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‘No Sharing Art Materials’ Art Projects
‘No Sharing Art Materials’ Art Projects We’re all wondering what we can teach that is engaging and varied but doesn’t require our students to share materials. Even though I can’t plan to teach printing and clay in the near future, I’ve still got lots of projects that have been popular with students and projects that…
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Analysing Art
How do you teach your students to analyse art? You can do this through a range of activities such as discussion, gallery education, research, written analysis and questioning. This blog post features my art analysis worksheets and art analysis Venn Diagrams. Both provide a structured way to approach art analysis. Each one comes with a…
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Calm Music in the Art Room
I wish I could tell you that playing calm music in the art room would calm your students down and make them better behaved, but I can’t. I can tell you that there is lots of evidence to show that music does relax us, and that can only be a good thing. Never ask your…