Pedagogy

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 […]

Modifying our language to improve behaviour and relationships with our students should be part of our behaviour management strategy and is a useful tool to pull out of our behaviour management toolbag. I’ve found it fascinating that small modifications in how we say things can have a big impact. I was thinking about the difference […]

If you are looking for art exams to use at KS3 or middle school or junior high, you’ve come to just the right place.  Below are three art exams.  A drawing art exam, a colour theory art exam and an art analysis art exam.  Each has versions for the UK and US with different, appropriate […]

Managing art group work can be a challenge and seem like more trouble than it’s worth.  How can you assess a single student when it’s group work? What are you assessing them on?  What do you do if someone is not contributing? Despite these worries, I am in favour of group art projects. Of course, […]