Integrating art

Description

Incorporating art into Religious Education can be an intimidating prospect, especially if you re no artist. But Angela Saunders, one of the teachers from the KS3/4 RE programme, Art workshop, shows that you don't have to be a Dali or a Picasso to use art effectively for RE.Putting what she learnt from the workshop into practice, Angela road-tests the artistic technique of art sketchbook with her Year 7 class in a lesson on the Jewish story of Passover. To reflect on how this went Angela is joined by Paul Hobbs, the artist who led the workshop, and David Griffith, an RE consultant with experience as an Ofsted inspector.With plenty of in-depth analysis on the challenges of incorporating art and the difficulties Angela faced, KS3 RE: Integrating Art also offers practical advice on how best to utilise art in the classroom and use it to help bring religious material to life.

Runtime

14 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

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Date of Publication

2006

Database

Alexander Street

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