My cooperating teacher has a huge back-catalogue of resources and curriculum maps from decades of teaching experience. The lesson plans...

Theories of social justice in art education seem to merge a lot of what we covered in multiculturalism as well as visual culture. We can...

Prior to teaching a lesson I consider how confident I can actually talk about what is being discussed, and whether my background is...

Why teach mundane art alongside the classics? The general idea here seems to be that there is a question, and growing movement, that asks...

Art instructors should absolutely be active artists. Art is unique among content areas for how much of the identity of the individual...

I’ve asked myself this questions a number of times throughout my life, and I occasionally find myself wondering if ‘art’ is a well...

Multiculturalism as term: One of the tricky aspects that arises when trying to write about multiculturalism is the broad number of facets...

Example: Mr. Harsh Mr. Harsh commands his classroom with a wonderful ability to pull aesthetic descriptions out of artwork and...

(Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953) It seems to me an ambitious move to have added 'aesthetics' to the list of...

It can be tricky to put into words something that wasn't entirely a verbal decision. After working in industry for a few years with...

It's been an odd time to try to learn art, and an even odder time to learn how to educate. Much of the kind of art that students enjoy...

It concerns me that a common observation is that art education tends to provide benefits that aren’t likely to be valued in a...

Proper preparation and planning are essential to any projects success. One of the most important ways to structure an ongoing project is...

I plan on utilizing this blog to detail progress, tools, and strategies I pick up regarding art education. Leading up until this point my...