How
can I inspire my art class? A question many art teachers may ask themselves at
one time or another, either because of lack of experience or a mental block.
Having
comprehensive knowledge of oil painting or being an eminent artist does not
necessarily make a good art teacher. The important matter of how people learn
is equally as important, and for this reason, this book is really in two parts:
a guide to oil painting and a guide to teaching.
This
book is designed for the oil painting teacher in post compulsory education,
whether a newbie or one searching for new ideas for lesson plans. With 75
chapters divided into 14 sections, everything the oil painting teacher needs to
know is covered, whether in context of an art institution or teaching
privately.
A
preliminary chapter offers a comprehensive guide to the art materials required
for oil painting, enabling the teacher to offer students advice on what to buy
and how to save money. The next section covers students’ needs, explaining
multi-sensory lesson planning, writing the individual learning plan, motivating
students, differentiating the art activities and making provisions for students
with special needs.
The
third section prepares the teacher to teach, giving clear information on
writing objectives, designing a coherent scheme of work, conducting assessments
and writing briefs. Essential learning theories such as Bloom’s Classifications
of Thought, Ausubel’s Subsumption Theory and strategic use of Behaviourism and
Cognitivism within the class are also explained.
The
main body of the book gives ideas for around 60 lesson plans, beginning with
ideas for preliminary lessons that underpin painting, moving on to colour use
and oil painting techniques. Ideas for teaching landscape art, still life art,
alfresco painting and life painting ensure the art teacher will find lesson
plans to fit most modules.
The
final section covers end of course matters, such as preparing work for
assessment, the assessment itself and teacher evaluation.
With
plenty of images and easy to read format, this book offers the busy teacher
snap ideas for oil painting lessons to suit the class and the curriculum.
Book
statistics of print version: 8.5x5.5in and 220 pages.
The
author has a BA Hons in Fine Art from Kingston University Surrey, and attained
my PCET teacher training from Warwick University.