Cowley Sue - The Artful Educator Creative Imaginative And Innovative Approaches To Teaching - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Is teaching an art rather than a science? Instead of measuring education and reducing everything to data what if we looked at it through the lens of the arts? Sue Cowley demonstrates how teachers can become artists sculptors actors dancers musicians playwrights poets designers and directors no matter which subject or age group they happen to be teaching. The artful educator paints the air with ideas and weaves magic with words. They aren't afraid of a little risk or of planning and delivering lessons a little differently. Learn how to be more creative experimental playful and imaginative in the methods you use to manage your classroom and in the myriad ways in which you help your students to learn. Discover what an 'artful attitude to education looks like with plenty of practical real - life ideas for artful teaching and learning. Sue has collected inspiring examples of how colleagues in a range of settings from early years to secondary and further education are already using artful approaches in their classrooms. Find out how to engage with your artful side reinvigorate your approach to teaching and inspire yourself and your children with the pure joy of learning. Getting artful can involve borrowing techniques from the arts to use in teaching getting learners hands - on with creating artworks themselves and also engaging learners with great existing works of art cultivating the cultural capital that comes from this in the process. A collection of suggestions designed to inspire you to take creative risks with your learners this is a book for explorers and rebels. An ideal resource for trainees NQ Ts and experienced teachers alike The Artful Educator is for anyone looking for inventive innovative approaches to teaching. Contents include: Part One: Artful Attitudes Chapter 1. The Artful Philosophy Chapter 2. Artful Attitudes to Learning Chapter 3. Artful Attitudes to Creativity Chapter 4. Planning to be Artful Part Two: The Artful Educator Chapter 5. The Actor Chapter 6. The Playwright Chapter 7. The Film Director Chapter 8. The Set Designer Chapter 9. The Prop Designer< Chapter 10. The Costume Designer Chapter 11. The Storyteller Chapter 12. The Author Chapter 13. The Artist Chapter 14. The Sculptor Chapter 15. The Musician and the Singer Chapter 16. The Dancer Chapter 17. The Chef Ten Tiny Steps
Title: The Artful Educator Creative Imaginative And Innovative Approaches To Teaching
Author(s): Cowley Sue
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
Barcode: 9781785831157
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 7/25/2017
Category: Teaching Skills & Techniques