Teaching Creative Arts & Media 14+

by May, Markham; Warr, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780335237517
• ISBN10: 0335237517
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This book offers guidance and ideas on how to make creative arts and media teaching relevant, stimulating and above all creative. The book responds to the economic and cultural changes in society in the 21st century and the needs of learners growing up in a sophisticated digital and competitive world. Creative Arts and Media 14+provides fresh teaching approaches in order to motivate and develop learners' knowledge and skills. May and Warr outline key concepts and ideas in the creative arts and media world, as well as how these ideas are recorded and transmitted. They distinguish between different pedagogic approaches and techniques and explore their application within creative arts and media learning. The book draws on different types of resources, including those outside the classroom that can enhance your delivery of theoretical concepts. The authors acknowledge the changing nature of qualifications and suggest suitable strategies for the delivery and assessment of creative arts and media programmes. Creative Arts and Media 14+supports trainee and experienced teachers involved in creative arts and media programmes for pupils 14+ whether they are learning in schools, adult and community education or colleges.

Author Biography

Markham May is a writer and quality improvement specialist in creative arts and media and other curriculum areas. He has written resources for Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and the Learning and Skills Improvement Service. Sue Warr is an independent consultant who has worked in education as a teacher, writer and chief moderator. She specialises in vocational assessment, pedagogy and functional skills, and has written textbooks and online resources.

Table of Contents

List of figures, tables and boxes	p. viii
Series editor's preface	p. x
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
The creative arts and media world: features and processes	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
What is creativity?	p. 1
What is the creative process?	p. 2
What is meant by media and mediation?	p. 5
Attributes and skills of creative people	p. 6
Relevance of creative arts and media skills for employment and life	p. 7
The value of creativity in everyday life	p. 8
The scope and importance of the creative arts and media sector	p. 9
Business and the creative industries	p. 12
Sector skills councils	p. 13
References	p. 17
Further reading	p. 18
Creative arts and media programmes	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
Learners' aspirations and needs	p. 20
Who are our creative arts and media learners?	p. 20
Learners' aspirations	p. 21
Key features of creative arts and media programmes of learning	p. 23
Qualification frameworks and creative arts and media qualifications	p. 28
Types of qualifications	p. 30
Key creative arts and media qualifications	p. 34
References	p. 38
Useful websites	p. 38
Further reading	p. 39
Employability and life skills	p. 40
Introduction	p. 40
Business and enterprise skills: skills and attributes for a changing world	p. 41
Employability, business and enterprise skills	p. 42
Business skills	p. 44
Enterprise skills	p. 46
Embedding the explicit learning of wider key skills and PLTS into a creative arts and media programme of learning	p. 47
Personal, learning and thinking skills	p. 48
Delivering PLTS and wider key skills effectively	p. 50
Recognizing how functional skills can support learner progress	p. 50
Using various functional skills	p. 53
Delivering functional skills effectively	p. 56
References	p. 57
Further reading	p. 58
Essential creative arts and media skills	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Ideas generation	p. 59
Research	p. 64
Team building	p. 75
Project and production management	p. 77
References	p. 80
Useful websites	p. 81
Further reading	p. 81
Learning and teaching strategies	p. 82
Introduction	p. 82
Understanding how different pedagogic approaches can support creative arts and media learners	p. 83
Recognizing how the teacher as facilitator can use differentiation to support achievement	p. 91
Planning effective and interesting creative arts and media sessions and schemes of work	p. 93
References	p. 98
Useful websites	p. 99
Further reading	p. 99
Resources	p. 100
Introduction	p. 100
Resources which enable learners to understand the creative arts and media industries and mirror working practices	p. 101
Links and partnerships with creative arts and media professionals	p. 109
Planning continuing professional development	p. 111
Useful websites	p. 112
Competitions	p. 112
Further reading	p. 113
Assessment	p. 114
Introduction	p. 114
Formative and summative assessment of creative arts and media work	p. 115
Different types of evidence produced by creative arts and media learners	p. 120
How will learners' work be assessed?	p. 127
Who is involved in the assessment process?	p. 128
Assignment writing	p. 130
References	p. 133
Useful website	p. 133
Further reading	p. 133
Index	p. 135<SpI_
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