ABSTRACT
A, Although teachers may be interested in reading about a different approach to teaching children how to draw they may have reservations about how well it will actually work. They may reasonably argue, why should I use this approach when I’m happy with what I do already? Of course, there’s no obligation to change, let alone change to this particular approach. Nevertheless, there are many teachers, both young and old, who have had little or no training or guidance in how to teach art but because of the requirements of the National Curriculum are now having to tackle the issue more earnestly. Although young children have always produced drawings, paintings and other artworks, their teachers have not necessarily given as much thought and attention to them as they have, say, to other school subjects such as reading, writing and number work. The National Curriculum now obliges teachers to give more serious consideration to art for children from the age of 5 to 14 years; indeed, art is one of eight foundation subjects to be taught across this age range. But many teachers feel ill-equipped to cope with this demand. In fact, a recent survey (Clement, 1994) revealed that over 60 per cent of teachers felt the need for further inservice training in order to teach the new art curriculum.
