Primary school teachers

A curated selection of practical and insightful resources and events to support primary school teachers in the art classroom.

Resources

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SHIFT: Polly Brant

Through the lens of ‘art as common’, artist-educator Polly Brant discusses her collaborations with primary and secondary school students, and the central role of art in everyday life.

11-min watch

transcript available (pdf)

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ARTISTEACHER Toolkit

A guide to facilitating experimentation and creative risk-taking within the classroom using 'Which Way is Up?' – a set of playing cards and imaginative prompts designed by Hannah Rennie and Shepherd Manyika with Cement Fields.

2-min read

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What is an Art Teacher?

A two-part series with art teachers on their journey into learning to teach in different environments, while maintaining their artistic practice.

32-min listen

transcript available (pdf)

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West Rise, School by the Marsh

A documentary about West Rise Junior School in Eastbourne, which takes a hands-on, outdoors-oriented approach to learning, informed by the school’s location on the site of a Bronze Age settlement.

16-min watch

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Art teachers should have the space to be rebellious

Artists Joanna Brinton and Freya Kehoe discuss reclaiming space, navigating school structures, embracing restriction and allowing for testing and failure during their durational collaboration.

13-min read

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Teaching Behaviours w/ Sadegh (Sepanta) Aleahmad

Artist and educator Sadegh (Sepanta) Aleahmad is joined in conversation by Freelands Foundation Education Curator Nathan Marsh to discuss reclaiming play through experimental approaches to teaching art.

29-min listen

transcript available (pdf)

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Resist – Things Artists Do While Learning To Teach

A documentary following a year in the collaborative project between the Institute of Education (University College London) and Freelands Foundation.

24-min watch

Mapping provision of arts subjects at 40 Primary Schools

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Researching the Arts in Primary Schools

A report summarising a three-year research commission by the University of Nottingham that examines the teaching of creativity in primary schools.

78-min read

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Should We Teach Art?

A discussion on the value and purpose of teaching art. Chaired by Andy Ash, with educators Juan Bolivar, Michele Gregson and Munira Mirza.

70-min listen

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SHIFT: Matt Caldwell

A reflection on the application of socially driven pedagogical approaches in a nursery school context, including the 2019 project ‘The Nursery With No Toys’.

18-min watch

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Examining the Social in Practice

Excerpts from Jacqueline Donachie and Alistair Hudson in conversation on the possibilities of collaboration between artist and institution, and moving beyond the limitations of ‘art speak’.

6-min read

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Building Learning Spaces

A three-part series challenging the way we understand spaces of learning, through discussions with artists, educators and the designers of pioneering educational initiatives.

77-min listen

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SHIFT: Sepanta Aleahmad

Artist and educator Dr Sadegh - Sepanta Aleahmad explores the discourse of ‘Decolonisation of Mind’, investigating its applications in his practice and its influence on his methodology for facilitating art workshops for primary school children.

11-min watch

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Visualising Art Education

Shade Podcast presents this five-part series of conversations with art educators and practitioners that springboard the chapters of the Visualise report. Hosted by Lou Mensah.

139-min listen

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SHIFT: Jennie Guy

An exploration of Guy’s curatorial project Art School, examined through readings from ‘Curriculum: Contemporary Art Goes to School’.

21-min watch