Prakash Iyer
Why should art be taught in schools? Obviously not every student becomes an artist. There is a limit to using arts to teach other subjects. And as for the attitudes and ways of thinking that art develops, there are other ways too to enhance human values. So why teach art? Art helps all of us, even the non-artists, appreciate beauty and express emotions when we find words limiting. And that is an important thing to learn in today’s world.
Lakshmi Karunakaran
Government school teachers in Karnataka are being given a fillip in their teaching careers. India Foundation for the Arts, an organization set up for the promotion of education in the arts in India, is training these teachers in good teaching practices using the arts, thereby opening up more and more teachers to the idea of using art to teach.
Ramya Sriram
Which child doesn’t enjoy cartoons? One or the other has caught every child’s fascination. So let’s make the most of the idea and laugh our way into learning.
Matthew Baganz
The multiple intelligence theory is quite a popular theory but perhaps not always a practical one. How should a teacher with 60 children in class cater to each student’s intelligence and finish teaching her subject? The answer might lie in a film making project.
Jane Sahi
Why is art always seen as an “extra” curricular activity in school? Art can and should become an integral part of the learning system. From her 40 years of using art as a medium of teaching, the author tells readers how art can be integrated into everyday schooling.
Madhulika Sagaram
Using the arts as a teaching-learning approach. Fascinating, isn’t it? But not practical you say? See how arts can become the medium of teaching the more “regular” subjects in school.
Anshika Bedi
Should art education be limited to the teacher drawing on the board and children copying it? Should art education be boring exercises in colouring a given picture as is? No. Art education should not be a limiting but a liberating experience for the children. Here are some ways this particular art teacher excites her students.
Arvind Dhondphale
If you are looking for ideas to teach arts differently so that you can ensure that your students can imbibe completely the benefits that the arts bring, stop looking further. Here are several ideas to add colour to your art classes.
Faiza Hasan
Based on her experience, a student of art, now a practitioner, talks about the need to look at the arts in the curriculum with a wider lens.
Deeptha Vivekanand
Stories excite everyone. By now the knowledge that stories can be used to teach has also become very common. But what kind of stories should a teacher tell? How should she/he pick and choose stories to narrate?
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