Category Archives: Just Stuff

You don’t often see …

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dan

You don’t often see full scale silk screen production in schools these days, which is why it was so interesting to pop in to Chenderit school and see the 6th form working on ‘A’ level silk screens, some with over … Continue reading →

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The Coloured In Curriculum

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Dan

Spent a really interesting day with a few colleagues exploring ideas to inject some coherence, integrity and colour into the deplorably lifeless, and inadequate depiction of an art and design curriculum that is being forced on us by the DfE. … Continue reading →

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Not quite lost – great teaching of drawing in an infant’s school

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Dan

Not sure how this happened, but I just found link to a page I created in 2001 on my first website. It is about one of the most effective bits of art teaching that I had seen. It’s still pretty … Continue reading →

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Pedagogically speaking

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Dan

Today I spent some time talking to teachers in Australia. It was part of an onlineAdobeGen course and the subject was digital creativity. It was really interesting to do and I am intrigued by the pedagogy of virtual teaching. I … Continue reading →

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Book, Paper, Sculpture

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Dan

Su Blackwell is leading an NSEAD CPD course 2p – 6pm at Marylebone School, London on 5th June. I love her work.

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The blindingly obvious rules

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Dan

I have just added some stuff to the assessment resources following an interesting exchange on the NSEAD forum. It was interesting to see teachers taking ownership of their own assessment practice – rather than following, somewhat reluctantly, in the wake … Continue reading →

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…but is it art

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dan

Recent NSEAD facebook comments have prompted thoughts of craft, or rather the role of craft in the curriculum. The comments also drew my attention to some really excellent links and resources on the NSEAD Crafts pages. When I started teaching, … Continue reading →

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Applied Imagination

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dan

A good way to start the new year. I had not seen this presentation by Ken Robinson in which he speaks directly to us (teachers, educators). Its a reprise of ‘All Our Futures’ bringing the arguments of the last 10 … Continue reading →

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Lost wax and photoshop

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dan

I really enjoyed three exhibitions last week. Bronze at the RA was heavy by the end but there were some wonderful things there. The display about lost wax casting reminded me that I had done this years ago with some … Continue reading →

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Common sense from an earlier time

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dan

I unexpectedly stumbled upon this site recently (www.wholearthmedia.weebly.com) thrown up by Facebook from an old colleague I suspect. It contained ideas and papers by Prof Tom Davies and Pete Worrall. Tom was a great ally of the art advisers association … Continue reading →

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