Authored by Ged Gast, NSEAD past-president, these revised and updated papers are intended for teachers to help develop questioning approaches. Effective questioning and talk in art and design supports teachers to: pre-plan questions and to select approaches for promoting classroom talk; prepare ‘open’ and ‘high-challenge’ questions; predetermine the level and type of challenge they wish to set, who they will target and how they will target specific groups in the classroom.
There are a range of models and taxonomies that can be used to inform and promote cognition and effective questioning in art and design. In order to ensure the needs of all children are met, and to enhance progress across all learning phases, NSEAD recommends that art educators research, identify and use a range of approaches for different learners and groups.
