4th Edition

Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School A Companion to School Experience

Edited By Nicholas Addison, Lesley Burgess Copyright 2025
272 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School is the key text for all those preparing to become art and design teachers in secondary school. It explores a range of approaches to teaching and learning, and provides a conceptual and practical framework for understanding the diverse nature of art and design in the secondary school curriculum. Written by experts in the field, it aims... Read more

1 Introduction
Nicholas Addison and Lesley Burgess

2 Teaching as Artist Practice
Henry Ward

3 Learning in Art and Design Education
Nicholas Addison and Lesley Burgess; Victoria Kinsella; Dean Kenning
Unit 3.1 The Relationship between Learning and Teaching
Unit 3.2 Theories of Learning and Their Implications for Art and Design
Unit 3.3 Activity Theory
Victoria Kinsella
Unit 3.4 Experiential Learning
Unit 3.5 Affect and the Aesthetic
Unit 3.6 Language and Learning
Unit 3.7 Thinking through Art: The Social Body Mind Map
Dean Kenning
Unit 3.8 Enabling Learning: Transforming Subject Knowledge into Pedagogy

4 Planning for Learning and Teaching
Carol Wild
Unit 4.1 Curriculum Planning
Unit 4.2 Practice in ITE Art and Design

5 Assessment in Art and Design
John Steers; Nicholas Addison
Unit 5.1 Reconsidering Assessment for Learning in Art and Design
John Steers
Unit 5.2 Assessment and Examinations
Nicholas Addison
Unit 5.4 The Necessity of Assessment
Nicholas Addison

6 Sustainable Design: Design Can Save the World
Helen Charman and Holly Burton
Unit 6.1 What Is Sustainable Design, and Why Teach It?
Unit 6.2 Sustainable Design in Practice

7 Attitudes to Making
Dennis Atkinson; Jennifer Blunden and Claire Robins; Bill Leslie
Unit 7.1 Children’s Drawing Practices: The Instauration of Cosmicities and Pedagogies of Taking Care
Dennis Atkinson
Unit 7.2 Writing Matters
Jennifer Blunden and Claire Robins
Unit 7.2 Collaborative, Experimental Approaches to Sculpture
Bill Leslie

8 Diversity
Tanveer Ahmed and Jane Trowell; Alan Cusack; Tabitha Millett; Claire Penketh
Unit 8.1 Whiteness in the Art and Design Classroom
Tanveer Ahmed and Jane Trowell
Unit 8.2 Conversations, Conflict and Vulnerability in the Art Room
Alan Cusack
Unit 8.3 Queering LGBTQ+ Policy in UK Art and Design Education
Tabitha Millett
Unit 8.4 Special Educational Needs and Disability
Claire Penketh

9 Critical Studiesin Art and Design
Neil Walton; Sylvia Theuri; Paul Dash
Unit 9.1 Critical Studies and Art and Design: An Introduction
Neil Walton
Unit 9.2 Enhanced Identities in Diversity
Paul Dash
Unit 9.3 Student Identities in Art and Design Education
Sylvia Theuri

10 Professional Development in the Gallery
Emily Pringle and Maddy Gilliam

Biography

Nicholas Addison is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Lesley Burgess is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.