Teaching Primary Art and Design

Paul Key is Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester teaching primary art and design education. He has teaching experience in both primary and secondary schools. He is currently the Subject Coordinator for Art and Design at Winchester University and has 10 years’ experience in Higher Education. He is a past Chair of NSEAD Teacher Education Board and currently participates in Higher Education the Arts and Schools (HEARTS) project – a national initiative to promote primary school arts teaching through ITT. He is an Examiner of primary art and design courses at other HE institutions. Jane Stillman is a regional inspector and advisor for art and design in Hampshire and a research student at the University of Winchester. She has worked as an Interior Designer as well as a secondary arts teacher. She spent four years as a moderator/team leader for GCSE examinations and also has five years experience as an Inspector/Adviser for Hampshire LEA. She is NSEAD Regional Subject Adviser for Art, New Curriculum and a Freelance art education consultant.

• IntroductionArt and Design in the primary school: the current sceneArt and Design in the primary school: developing the scene, children as artistsConsidering learners and learning: principles and practiceKnowledge and understanding: progression of experiences and processesConsidering teachers and teaching: principlesConsidering teachers and teaching: practicePlanning and preparing to teach: ideas into practiceAssessment, monitoring and feedbackUsing sketchbooks in the primary schoolConclusionIndex

"Well structured, accessible, focused, a full range of subject-bsed case studies, the content is concise and comprehensively mapped to excellent teaching examples. A great book." (Lecturer, University of Cambridge.)