Ceramics and pottery for teachers: heritage and innovation
About this course
Clay is one of the oldest materials in human history, and in Spain ceramics are part of everyday life, from colourful painted tiles on façades and courtyards to traditional pottery still made by hand in local workshops. This ceramics course invites you to discover that rich heritage with your own hands and to turn it into creative, hands-on learning for your students. No previous experience with clay is needed.
Over five days, you will learn the main hand-building techniques, such as pinching, coiling, slab building and modelling, and explore traditional Spanish decoration styles, patterns and tile design. You will see how tradition meets innovation through sustainable ceramics, recycled clay and natural materials, as well as new approaches to design. You will also discover how to bring ceramics into any classroom: linking clay work with history, art, maths, science and wellbeing, adapting activities to different ages and organising simple, safe and low-cost clay workshops at school, even without a kiln. Every session is practical, and your pieces will be fired during the week.
By the end of the course, you will take home your own ceramic pieces and a complete clay project ready to use with your students.
COURSE OVERVIEW
- Integrate ceramics and hands-on clay work into their teaching in a creative and meaningful way.
- Evaluate and adapt clay activities to their students' ages, needs and school resources.
- Use ceramic heritage to connect students with culture, history and creativity.
- Share ceramics activities and projects with colleagues at their school.
- Use the main hand-building techniques, such as pinching, coiling, slab building and modelling.
- Apply traditional and contemporary decoration techniques, including patterns, textures and tile design.
- Organise safe, simple and low-cost clay workshops in the classroom, with or without a kiln.
- Design clay activities linked to different subjects, such as history, art, maths and science.
- Create a complete clay project for their students.
- Understand the history and cultural value of ceramic traditions in Spain.
- Identify the properties of clay and the basic stages of the ceramic process, from modelling to firing.
- Recognise how ceramics can support learning across subjects and students' wellbeing.
- Explain sustainable approaches to ceramics, such as recycled clay and natural materials.
NEXT COURSES
Our Pricing
100% funded by the Erasmus+
Services included
- Pre-arrival information.
- Tuition & training materials.
- Admin & organizational costs.
- Documentation support.
- Coffee break.
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services
- Accommodation (hotels & self-catering apartments).
- Half-day and one-day trips.
- Cultural activities.
- Airport transfer.
- Local transport.
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