Pedagogy

Using self-assessment in art lessons has lots of benefits to both you and your students. What is Self-Assessment? Self-assessment in teaching is the process by which a student evaluates their own learning and performance in a course or assignment. This can be achieved through discussion, setting goals, monitoring progress, reflecting on strengths and weaknesses, and […]

Packed full of easy-to-follow, often quick and imaginative activities, ‘100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Art’ is sure to be popular. It shares 100 creative and innovative ideas to engage pupils in all areas of the primary National Curriculum for art. This book follows the same structure as the rest of the ‘100 Ideas’ series, with […]

Bea is an ECT, teaching KS3 Art and Product Design and KS4 Photography and 3D Design at a secondary school in Surrey. She completed her ITT in 2022 as an art teacher after a 20-year career in marketing and communications. Her biggest challenge this term is teaching multiple art and design disciplines whilst navigating ECT […]

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 […]