This student-centered textbook provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today’s diversified PreK-12 educational settings. This second edition introduces an original transformative art education framework to guide teaching and learning through culturally-responsive practices, supported by multimodal art inquiry tasks, artistic behaviors, and engaging instructional resources. Esteeming teacher and student agency, its framework cultivates insightful transformations by harnessing the visual arts’ unique strengths to deepen understandings, promote growth, and foster empathy, thereby enhancing personal, group, and community well-being. New to this edition is an increased focus on transdisciplinary teaching and STEAM integration, how to discuss controversial or divisive topics, and contemporary impacts that affect classroom management for art educators

Featuring full-color images, chapters include Teaching Tips to Thrive! and Artists’ Lessons to Thrive! vignettes, written by education professionals about their instructional methods, as well as Spotlights on Student Art describing exemplary PreK-12 artworks. Ideal for pre-service art teachers and any educator seeking to holistically integrate visual arts into their curriculum and instruction, this popular text helps challenge and inspire students to think creatively, problem-solve, and develop relevant skills as lifelong learners. To enhance learning, ready-to-use presentations, instructional resources, assessments, and tutorials are also available on the textbook’s website: routledgelearning.com/teachlearnarted