Teaching Creative Workshops In Person And Online
Patricia van den Akker
Herbert Press
For those of us who teach on a regular basis, the time around the lockdowns saw a change - suddenly everything moved online. I personally had no experience of teaching without the usual in-person setting until this time. It was new, yet I adapted like so many do. But time goes on and we can get rusty, or actually have never really taken the time to really polish skills.
This guide, written by Patricia van den Akker, a creative business advisor, supports us to train ourselves to become better teachers for our students.
This book is for those who really are serious about teaching, I see it as an intensive course, one which you will actually be trained by. Not bad for a book of around 250 pages right?
Impossible to go into every corner of this book, marketing, target audiences, the decision to teach online or in person…..oh it is soo much but it is so good. The author also finishes with encouragement, as to how to get onto that next level of teaching.
There are first had teacher boxes, with interviews, where we learn not only key skills but how these teachers work in their lives; what they do to nourish themselves. Those who do work in education will be aware that there is a need to feed oneself first, before giving out to others. You have to be in a place where you can give and that takes time, thought, planning, self education, learning skills, learning teaching skills….it is not a case of rocking up in a classroom and expecting outcomes.