1st Edition

Teaching Art Creatively

By Penny Hay Copyright 2023
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

Teaching Art Creatively is packed with ideas and inspiration to enrich teachers' knowledge and understanding of art and design in the primary classroom. It synthesises the philosophical and practical elements of teaching, encouraging a move away from traditional didactic approaches to contemporary classroom pedagogies to develop children’s creative potential. With an emphasis on... Read more

1. Teaching art (even more) creatively  2. Art processes and practices  3. Contemporary art and children’s art  4. Case studies  5. The role of the adult  6. The learning environment for art  7. Planning art experiences in the primary curriculum  8. Evaluation and assessment in primary art   9. Conclusions  Appendix

Biography

Penny Hay is an artist, educator and researcher; Reader in Creative Teaching and Learning, Senior Lecturer in Arts Education and Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Bath Spa University; and Director of Research, House of Imagination. Penny’s PhD, awarded in 2018, focused on children’s learning identity as artists.