Methods of Teaching

Art Education
 A.Creative Expression
This is a method of teaching art or a way of
working with materials that give the child:
a) the opportunity to choose his own ideas or subject
matter for his art work
b) The freedom to express and use color in his way
c) The right to organize it in his way
 B. Assigned Topic to Interpret

Sometimes, the teacher or the children decide upon

a topic that all of the children in the group use as the
subject matter for their art. Such topic might be “A
game I play”, “The City”, or “Beautiful Spots.” Every
child in the group builds his art work from the ideas he
finds within this chosen topic. Each is free to express
and organize the art work in his own way, without
teacher control. Specifying topics for interpretation as
a method of teaching art is identified by the
opportunities each child works on his own way.
 C. Copy Activities
Activities in art which consist of reproducing the
likeness of a model or an imitation of a from are copy
experiences. The child undertakes the duplication of a
picture, lettering, shape, or a design as nearly as he
can. A copy activity can be done by one child or by
group of children reproducing a picture or lettering
and can be recognized by the sameness of intention on
the part of every individual within the group. The
resulting products are as nearly identical as the
children can make them.
 D. Pattern
As the name implies, pattern are shapes
drawn or cut by another person and passed on
the children to duplicate. Most frequently, the
children duplicate these pattern by drawing
around outside lines. Tracing is another form of
pattern work. There is sometimes a step-by-step
teaching process involved in this method. This
usually the case when object to be made is
composed of more than one part.
 E. Prepared Outlines
In this case, the drawing is already done on the paper and
given to the child and he simply colors what someone else has
drawn. A teacher who uses prepared outline in art class usually
reproduces enough for all the children from one master copy.
The examples of prepared outlines are coloring books and
workbooks.
 F. Directed Teaching
This is perhaps the oldest approach. The
main objective is the mastery of technique in
design, painting, drawing, modelling, lettering,
perspective, and other areas. The activities are
preplanned only by the teacher and are
generally unsuited to the interest of the pupils.