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What is an Art Teacher?

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Part I: Why be an Art Teacher?

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Part I: Why be an Art Teacher?

Part II: The Art Teacher as an Artist

What is an Art Teacher?

A series with art teachers on their journey into learning how to teach in different environments, and maintaining their artistic practice.

What is an Art Teacher? This series in conversation with art teachers in the UK dissects our understanding of traditional learning spaces and what it takes to be an art teacher, navigating the societal de-valuation of art as a 'soft subject', the camaraderie and impact of having a supportive teacher-body, and proposing how designing spaces of learning collaboratively can lead to new ways of teaching and learning.

Part I Why be an Art Teacher?

Andy Berriman, Head of Art at Rydens School chairs this discussion with Stephanie Cubbin, Head of Art at St Marylebone School, Kate Thackara, NQT Art Teacher and Tindara Sidoti-McNary, PGCE student.

Part II The Art Teacher as an Artist

Lesley Burgess, Senior Lecturer at IoE/UCL guides the discussion with Dr Marq Smith IoE/UCL, Tom Jones IoE/UCL, Damien O’Gorman, NQT Art Teacher and Jennifer Johnson, PGCE student.

And it's something where students need to understand that there's more to art than just observational drawing.

There's photography, there's building stuff with your hands, there's thinking about conceptual art, there's textiles, there's so many things out there and squeezing all of that into curriculum. I think the first thing we've gotta go is the cut in half Pepper.

Stephanie Cubbin

About the talks

This series of talks originally took place as part of OCCUPATION, a three-day symposium at Tate Exchange organised by Freelands Foundation in collaboration with the Institute of Education(IOE) and University College London(UCL) in 2017. OCCUPATION featured an installation of those undertaking the initial teacher education course (PGCE) in Art & Design, studying to become secondary school art teachers. Panel discussions, workshops and film screenings explored the way we understand spaces for learning.

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James G. Daichendt

Artist-Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching

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Teaching to Transgress – Education as the Practice of Freedom

Neil Postman

Teaching As a Subversive Activity

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Teaching Critical Thinking – Practical Wisdom

Freelands Foundation and UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

Good Enough: Teaching Teachers to Teach Art in a Pandemic

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