What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools?What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum?How can art and design develop the agency of young people?Understanding Art Education examines the theory and practice of helping young people learn in and beyond the secondary classroom. It provides guidance and stimulation for ways of thinking about art and design when preparing to teach and provides a framework within which te...

**2024 Best Book of the Year Award by the GLBTQ Division of the National Communication AssociationFinalist for Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Anthology**For a generation of gay men who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming sexually active meant confronting the dangers of catching and transmitting HIV. In the 21st century, however, the development of viral suppression treatments and preventative pills such as PrEP and nPEP has massively reduced the risk of acqu...

OpenGL® SuperBible, Seventh Edition, is the definitive programmer’s guide, tutorial, and reference for OpenGL 4.5, the world’s leading 3D API for real-time computer graphics. The best introduction for any developer, it clearly explains OpenGL’s newest APIs; key extensions; shaders; and essential, related concepts. You’ll find up-to-date, hands-on guidance for all facets of modern OpenGL development—both desktop and mobile.The authors explain what OpenGL do...

Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School is the key text for all those preparing to become art and design teachers in 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, challenge orthodoxies and encourage a freshness of vision. It...

Debates in Art and Design Education encourages student and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in learning and teaching. This fully updated second edition introduces key issues, concepts and tensions in order to help art educators develop a critical approach to their practice in response to the changing fields of education and visual culture.Accessible, comprehensive chapters are designed to stimulate thinking and understanding in relati...

Issues in Art and Design Teaching draws together a range of pedagogical and ethical issues for trainee and newly qualified teachers of art and design, and their mentors in art and design education. Arguing for a critical approach to the art and design curriculum, the collection encourages students and teachers to consider and reflect on issues in order that they can make reasoned and informed judgments about their teaching of art and design.Among the key issues addressed in...

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 fr...

Chaque année, Ludo part en vacances avec ses parents. Mais cette fois, il n’a pas tellement envie de quitter ses nouveaux amis. Pour rester en contact avec eux, il se crée donc une boîte de messagerie. Il reçoit presque aussitôt un premier message… d’un expéditeur inconnu. À l’inverse, ce dernier semble bien le connaître. Et apparemment, il connaît aussi l’avenir, puisqu’il lui annonce les événements avant qu’ils ne se produisent… De qui proviennent ces étranges courriels ? De quelqu’un de...

Malgré ses douze ans, Fabien a une peur bleue du dentiste. Surtout depuis que le Dr Sinistre est arrivé dans sa ville. Pourtant, ses parents insistent pour lui prendre un rendez-vous. Il faut dire que depuis l'arrivée du Dr Sinistre dans le quartier, d'étranges choses se produisent. Sans compter que tous les élèves de sa classe qui ont dû aller chez ce dentiste ne sont plus les mêmes. Fabien surmontera-t-il sa peur du dentiste ? Aura-t-il le cran d'aller affronter le Dr Sinistre ? Et toi, ...