essential questions

Essential Questions

1.  What are characteristics of good teaching? What does an art teacher teach? How do they teach it? How do they know if their teaching works?

2. What does the art teacher need to know and be able to do?

3.  How can a teacher’s artistic practice inform their teaching and how can their teaching practice inform their personal artistry?

4. How do popular archetypes or metaphors for teaching inform or hinder our notions of teaching and learning?

5. What is the potential role of art education in shaping schools or culture?

6. What is the role of the classical repertoire and traditions of art making within the emerging worlds of visual culture, design, media arts, new genre, and digital media?

7. What is the role of art, artistry and teaching in personal spiritual development?

8. How can learning environments be constructed to foster creativity and encourage meaningful art-making?

9. How is art education informed or hindered by educational standards and notions of foundations?