Customer Reviews

Becoming an Art Teacher

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I bought this book for my daughter, who is studying to be an Art teacher, and she really likes it.
It was mandatory for school, but the professor recommended it highly, and so I can see it becoming a permanent part of her library.

This book is great for the beginning art teacher. It has a lot of information in one little book. I will be keeping this as a reference book forever...
Happy reading to you.

I like this book because it steers teachers toward teaching creativity instead of making their students create multiples of the same painting or form. It teaches different components of teaching art as well; such as art history, aesthetics, etc. I would recommend this book to any art teacher.

This is the best written book on the subject that I have seen. As someone who is training art teachers how to teach, this is a perfect introduction to the overall history of art education (brief, but to the point)why we do what we do, and how to get the message/art methods across to the students. Terrific!

I wondered how people would rate it who did not have her as a professor. I also wondered if "bates fan" who posted the negative response was a disgruntled student. Anyways, we worked through this book at great length and it made a lot of sense in the classroom as a student and in the classroom as a teacher. There are a lot of tools and frameworks for building logical and comprehensive lesson and unit plans. No "bats" in our classroom!!

I found this book to be helpful during my methods course in secondary art education. I used it during the class as a supliment but choose to keep it as a tool for my classroom.

How creativity can be so lacking in a book instructing art teachers to go forward in their profession is baffling. This is a rudimentary, pretencious way to teach art. It lacks more than ingeniuty, it really lacks the most basic human connection.

This book is great for assistance in helping with basics in the art classroom. My college professor recommended it and I have refered to it in my studies frequently.