As schools are being encouraged to develop more flexible and creative approaches to education, Using the Visual Arts for Cross-curricular Teaching and Learning provides practical guidance and ideas on using the visual arts as a starting point for imaginative, effective learning across a wide range of curriculum subjects. Underpinned by established and current educational thinking, it uses real-life examples to explore how this approach has been used successfully by individual class teachers and as whole-school projects. Offering proven strategies supporting the principles of personalized learning, it will help you involve children in devising cross-curricular themes and setting their own lines of enquiry. Supplemented throughout with case studies and ideas for great artworks to get projects started, as well as examples of children’s own work, it explores:
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Karen Hosack Janes is a visiting lecturer in Education at the University of Northampton, and Associate Consultant for Chris Quigley Education Ltd, Newcastle, UK. Karen was previously Head of Schools at the National Gallery, London, UK, where she led a range of projects including the nationwide Take One Picture scheme. She was previously a teacher and Head of
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