This mini-ethnographic study was conducted in a German gymnasium (high school) setting during a two-week period in July of 2018. The central research question was: In a German gymnasium (high school), how were three art teachers' teaching approaches reflected in their interactions with students and curricular choices? All three participants were selected through a convenience sampling strategy and taught art in the same gymnasium (high school) in Offenburg, Germany. Data collection included

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... rview notes, thick description field notes, photographs of student artwork, and photographs of the environment. Data was analyzed through inductive coding. Themes that emerged were open versus closed-ended lessons, student to teacher and teacher to teacher interactions, classroom flow & management, and student current projects versus art hung in the hallways. Results of this study indicate there is a connection between approaches to teaching, classroom culture, and the exploration of student product development