Learning through Art, Accidentally

Engage Scotlandrepresents the Scottish body of Engage members, responding to training and networking needs within gallery education with a Scottish focus.Hidden Giants is an education consultancy agency that collaborates with teachers, practitioners and policy makers. We support school’s to re-imagine their curriculum by placing innovative, creative and critical thinking at its heart. Our partnerships can be seen as experiments to improve everyone’s experience of education.National Galleries Scotland look after your national art collection, comprising a breadth of fine art from the early Renaissance to the contemporary. We aim to make art work for everyone, using creativity across the curriculum to encourage learners to think for themselves.

Engage Scotland, Hidden Giants and National Galleries Scotland

The legendary Hywel Roberts, creative educator, Mantle of the Expert trainer and author of Oops! Getting Children to Learn Accidentally is returning to National Galleries Scotland to deliver another action packed professional learning session. Teachers, gallery educators and creative learning enthusiasts are invited to join Hywel to hear about his creative pedagogy*.
With reference to recent projects that engage young people in exploring the curriculum through art, Hywel will outline his approaches to creative curriculum delivery, including PPP, mantle of the expert and authentic fakes.  
Tea / coffee available from 2.00-2.30pm.
Presentation 2.30-3.30pm.
*Please note there are also a limited number of places available for a participatory session in the gallery with Hywel 1.00-2.00pm – to book this as well please contact <A HREF="mailto:lconacher@nationalgalleries.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">lconacher@nationalgalleries.org</A>. Using two landscape paintings, Constable's Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows and McTaggart's The Storm,  Hywel will demonstrate his approaches in the gallery.
Organised in partnership with engage Scotland with support from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and the Heritage Lottery Fund Aspire Project.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come basis.

Scottish National Gallery

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