1st Edition

Understanding Art in Primary Schools

Edited By Les Tickle Copyright 1996
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

Even the youngest children in primary schools are now required not only to make art, but also to study it, developing an understanding of the huge variety of art and craft from different times and places. But how do teachers actually tackle this, when most have not studied art themselves? This collection brings together case studies to show how a variety of teachers have used one particular art... Read more
1: Visual art and teacher research in primary schools; 2: Art, art education, and the twenty-first century; 3: Children's responses to art; 4: Room for improvement; 5: Representation, emotion, and special educational needs; 6: More than Moore; 7: Facing feelings; 8: Reception for a wolf and a little dancer; 9: Looking at faces; 10: First responses to sculpture; 11: Art and communication; 12: Art is … extending the concept of art with six year olds; 13: Understanding sculptors and sculpting; 14: American North West Coast art, story, and computer animation; 15: In search of Mundesley totems

Biography

Les Tickle