Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School is established as the key text for all those preparing to become art and design teachers in the secondary school‎.‎ It explores a range of approaches to teaching and learning and provides a conceptual and practical framework for understanding the diverse nature of art and design in the secondary school curriculum‎.‎ Written by experts in the field‎,‎ it aims to inform and inspire‎,‎ to challenge orthodoxies and encourage a freshness of vision‎.‎ It provides support and guidance for learning and teaching in art and design‎,‎ suggesting strategies to motivate and engage pupils in making‎,‎ discussing and evaluating visual and material culture‎.‎ The third edition has been comprehensively updated and re‎-structured in light of the latest theory‎,‎ research and policy in the field and includes new chapters surveying assessment and examinations‎,‎ and exploring identity and diversity in art and design‎.‎ Essential topics include‎:‎ * Ways of learning in art and design * Planning for teaching and learning * Critical studies and methods for investigating art and design * Inclusion * Assessment * Issues in craft and design education * Drawing & sculpture * Your own continuing professional development‎.‎ Including suggestions for further reading and a range of tasks designed to encourage you to reflect critically on your practice‎,‎ Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School addresses issues for student teachers and mentors on all initial teacher education courses in Art and Design‎.‎ It will also be of relevance and value to teachers in school with designated responsibility for supervision‎.‎