Approaches to Teaching

Books & Websites

Were you looking for an extensive list of books  for students?  Web resources for elementary?

Web Sites

Notes for a Perspective on Art Education
http://www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/ArtEd/History/

Teaching for Artistic Behavior - Choice-Based Art
http://knowledgeloom.org/tab/index.jsp
Choice-based art education regards students as artists and offers students real choices for responding to their own ideas and interests through art making.

Print Resources

From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Art & Design Problem Solving
Ken Vieth
2000
Sterling; ISBN: 0871923874
148 pages

• An excellent resource that is QEP aligned: students are set-up with a design challenge and they resolve the problem with much creativity and individuality. For an example of one of the creations inspired by the book, click here.

The Art of Teaching Art to Children: In School and at Home
Nancy Beal, Gloria Bley Miller
Farrar, Straus and Giroux ; ISBN: 0374527709
214 pages

• Author Nancy Beal focuses on six basic media: collage, drawing, painting, clay, printmaking and construction. Each chapter includes information on setting up, introducing the medium to students, exploration and experimentation, and a section for parents.

Drawing with Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too (Anniversary, Revised and Expanded)
Mona Brookes
Revised edition (January 11, 2002)
ISBN: 0874778271
Jeremy P. Tarcher
272 pages

• Presents lessons for building drawing skills and for using drawing across the curriculum. Brookes' method is like a grammar of drawing. She teaches "5 basic elements of shape" that are used as building blocks for constructing increasingly complex images. Includes sections for special education and using drawing in other subject areas. A revised and expanded tenth anniversary edition of a guide designed for teachers and parents of children 6+.

Drawing for Older Children and Teens: A Creative Method That Works for Adult Beginners, Too
Mona Brookes
2002
Jeremy P. Tarcher ; ISBN: 0874776619
223 pages

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Art appreciation and history

Art in Story: Teaching Art History to Elementary School Children
Marianne Saccardi
1998
Linnet Professional Publications
ISBN: 020802431X
313 pages

Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children
Gladys Blizzard
1991
Thomasson Grant & Howell
ISBN: 0934738769
32 pages