The Art and Craft of Pedagogy: Portraits of Effective Teachers [Paperback]

Richard Hickman considers effective teaching across the curriculum, examining the notion that successful teachers of art and design are amongst the best teachers of any subject with much to offer outside their discipline in terms of pedagogy. The case study approach focuses on adolescent learning, although much of what is considered is applicable to all ages and phases of education, to consider the following questions:
What are the characteristics of successful art teaching?
How do individual life experiences inform art teachers' teaching?
How in turn might others benefit from their pedagogical practices?

Using self-portraiture, autoethnography and autobiography, Hickman draws together the varied experiences of a group of art teachers to explore a range of issues, including identity, learning environment and the nature of the teacher/learner relationship, which are discussed with clarity and imagination.

Explores effective teaching across the curriculum drawing on the experience of art teachers

A book that can be used in so many ways. It is honest, open and amusing and every educator could relate to at least one part of these teachers' educational experience. The lives exposed are as visual as any canvas could portray and it provides the voice art teachers have needed for years. Ian Brown, Senior Associate Dean, University of Wollongong NSW Australia, and Art Education Australia Executive

A fascinating investigation of teaching artistry, the subject of education is presented in a lucid manner that is poignant and revealing. Hickman contextualizes his study with a deep analysis that we have come to expect from the distinguished scholar and reveals the aesthetic and intellectual crossroads of teachers that are engaging, encouraging, and ripe for further discussion. G. James Daichendt, Professor of Art, Aló"