The Art and Craft of Pedagogy Portraits of Effective Teachers

Richard Hickman considers effective teaching across the curriculum, examining the notion that successful teachers of art and design are amongst the best teachers of any subject with much to offer outside their discipline in terms of pedagogy. The case study approach focuses on adolescent learning, although much of what is considered is applicable to all ages and phases of education, to consider the following questions:
What are the characteristics of successful art teaching?
How do individual life experiences inform art teachers' teaching?
How in turn might others benefit from their pedagogical practices?

Using self-portraiture, autoethnography and autobiography, Hickman draws together the varied experiences of a group of art teachers to explore a range of issues, including identity, learning environment and the nature of the teacher/learner relationship, which are discussed with clarity and imagination.

Richard Hickman is Reader in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK, and a Fellow of Homerton College.

Preface by Charles R. Garoian, Professor of Art Education in the School of Visual Arts (Penn State University, USA)AcknowledgementsPart I: Introduction and OverviewIntroductionPart II: Ten Life StoriesRichard Hickman: Artist and Pedagogue - The Complexities of Identity: A Self-PortraitTyler Denmead: Self-portrait of a Creative Practitioner as a Young ManNikki Goldup: Formal and Informal Schooling - A Personal AccountMirko Junkovic: The Learner as Apprentice - Autobiographical NotesRichard Keys: On Progressivism in Formal Schooling - Autobiographical NotesVasavi Koka: Autobiography: Making Art and Teaching Art - A Reciprocal RelationshipIssam Kourbaj: Magic and Poetry -'Eye' and Other Magic MomentsPatson Ncube: 'Patson's Song' - Self-Reflection Through ProductionSian Quested: The Sun and The North Wind - Reflections on Teacher TypesKeith Winser: I am Not an Artist Who Teaches, I am a Teacher Who Sometimes Makes ArtPart III: Towards Practical SagacityEmerging Themes and Pedagogical ImplicationsEmerging Themes \ Pedagogical ImplicationsAppendix : TLRP's Ten Principles of Effective Teaching and LearningReferencesSubject IndexName Index