Teaching and Learning in Art Education by Sickler-Voigt, Debrah C.;

Short description:

This textbook provides methods for teaching, managing, and assessing PreK-12 art instruction. Focusing on transdisciplinary teaching and STEAM integration, this second edition introduces a transformative art education framework. Ideal for pre-service art educators, this text helps students think creatively and develop lifelong skills. 

Long description:

This student-centered textbook provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today’s diversified Pre-K-12 educational settings. This second edition introduces an original transformative art education framework to guide teaching and learning through culturally-responsive practices, supported by multimodal art inquiry tasks, artistic behaviors, and engaging instructional resources. Esteeming teacher and student agency, its framework cultivates insightful transformations by harnessing the visual arts’ unique strengths to deepen understandings, promote growth, and foster empathy, thereby enhancing personal, group, and community well-being. New to this edition is an increased focus on transdisciplinary teaching and science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) integration, how to discuss controversial or divisive topics, and contemporary impacts that affect classroom management for art educators

Featuring full-color images, chapters include Teaching Tips to Thrive! and Artists’ Lessons to Thrive! vignettes, written by education professionals about their instructional methods, as well as Spotlights on Student Art describing exemplary Pre-K-12 artworks. Ideal for preservice art teachers and any educator seeking to holistically integrate visual arts into their curriculum and instruction, this popular text helps challenge and inspire students to think creatively, problem-solve, and develop relevant skills as lifelong learners. To enhance learning, ready-to-use presentations, instructional resources, assessments, and tutorials are also available on the textbook’s website: routledgelearning.com/teachlearnarted.

"The second edition provides a theoretically-based model of transformative curriculum, connecting the dots of comprehensive curriculum. Teaching Tips to Thrive anchors the text with teacher voice. Essential and guiding questions help students “see” what, why and how” questions that focus on art content, aesthetic content, and conceptual attributes of making. Art education historical and developmental theory provide a base for scaffolding newer, age-appropriate approaches to thinking in and through the visual arts. Finally, the text is updated with in-depth presentations of diverse artists, inspiring art teachers to develop inclusive curriculum. For these reasons, we have come to refer to Teaching and Learning in Art Education as the “Blue Bible” in our pre-service program. Now, the second edition with it' updated Orange cover, is even more energetic, igniting the flames of art teachers' imaginations. It is a must-have companion to any comprehensive art education program."

Cathy Smilan, Professor, MAE Graduate Program Director, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA.

"This book is an invaluable resource for art educators seeking to foster transformative learning experiences for their students. By emphasizing student agency, critical thinking, and cultural awareness, it empowers both pre-service and in-service art educators to create engaging and meaningful learning environments that promote personal growth and positive change. Seamlessly integrating theory and practice, it offers a comprehensive framework to design a contemporary art curriculum—from student motivation, art inquiry, and hands-on projects, to assessment. Readers will also find inspiration in the rich and beautiful children’s artworks and exemplary projects showcased within."

Ryan Shin, Art and Applied Intercultural Arts Research Professor, School of Art, University of Arizona, USA.

"Teaching and Learning in Art Education: Cultivating Students’ Potential from Pre-K through High School is quite possibly the most important text available to guide visual arts instruction in the modern era. A full array of current topics of importance to art educators in pre-k through secondary art classrooms, art museums, and community arts centers are explored in depth in this new second edition. Remarkably innovative student-centered approaches and lavish resources are abundantly available. Content in this text is guided by the needs of classroom educators, and it blends established educational theory with sound practices that can be used to create powerful learning experiences in a broad array of educational settings. This text is cutting edge, and it is simply the finest and most ground-breaking instructional resource of its kind available today."

F. Robert Sabol, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University, USA.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Art Education: Thriving in Teaching and Learning  1. Teaching and Learning in Art Education: An Overview  2. The Transformative Art Curriculum  3. Assessment and Evaluation for the Visual Arts  4. Classroom Management in the Visual Arts  Part 2: Student Learners  5. Artistic Development: Early Childhood Through Adolescence  6. Diversified Learners  Part 3: Multimodal Art Inquiry and Creation  7. Multimodal Art Inquiry and Creation: Teaching What Truly Matters  8. Transforming Aesthetic Perspectives  9. Critiquing Global Visual and Popular Culture  10. Transformative Art Histories and Cultural Traditions  Part 4: Multimodal Creative Practices  11. Drawing and Illustration  12. Painting  13. Paper Arts, Printmaking, and Book Arts  14. Sculpture  15. Clay and Mosaics  16. Textiles and Puppets  17. Environmental Design  18. Media Arts  Part 5: Making the Most of Your Teaching Career  19. Arts Advocacy  20. Making the Most of Your Teaching Career