Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education

Synopsis

Presents Research On The Habits Of Mind That Are Instilled By Studying Art--habits Which Have Positive Impacts On Student Learning Across The Curriculum. Studio Thinking 2 Provides Art Teachers With A Research-based Language For Describing What They Intend To Teach And What Students Learn. Studio Thinking Framework Helps Advocates Explain Arts Education To Policymakers, Helps Art Teachers Develop And Refine Their Teaching Practices, And Assists Educators In Other Disciplines Learn From Existing Practices In Arts Education.--adapted From Publisher Description. Making The Case For The Arts : Why Arts Education Is Not Just A Luxury -- Part I. Studio Classrooms : The How Of Studio Teaching. Elements Of Studio Classrooms ; Studio Structures For Learning : Three Flexible Classroom Formats ; A Fourth Overarching Studio Structure : Exhibition -- Part Ii. Introducing The Studio Habits Of Mind : A Dispositional View Of What The Arts Teach. Develop Craft : Technique, Studio Practice ; Engage And Persist : Committing And Following Through ; Envision : Thinking In Images ; Express : Finding Meaning ; Observe : Really Seeing, Not Just Looking ; Reflect : Question And Explain, Evaluate ; Stretch And Explore : Taking A Leap ; Understand Art Worlds : Domain, Communities -- Part Iii. Integrating Studio Structures Of Learning With The Studio Habits Of Mind. Demonstration-lecture And The Studio Habits Of Mind ; Students-at-work And The Studio Habits Of Mind ; Critique And The Studio Habits Of Mind ; Exhibition And The Studio Habits Of Mind ; Studio Thinking : A Common Language For Practice, Research, And Policy -- Appendix A: Project Examples -- Appendix B: Conducting The Research. Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, And Kimberly M. Sheridan ; Foreword To The Second Edition By Louise Music ; Foreword To The First Edition By David N. Perkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.