Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art
Based on the National Gallery of Art’s popular Art Around the Corner professional development program for teachers in Washington, D.C., this five-unit online course provides everything you need to begin creating a culture of critical thinking and collaboration for any classroom, subject, or level. You do not need an art background or museum access to successfully integrate the course materials into your teaching. Your willingness to experiment with new teaching practices is all that is required.
The strategies presented in this course are adapted from Artful Thinking pedagogy, developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. You will explore three thinking dispositions, using eight thinking routines that are easy to understand and implement with STEAM curricular content.
Starting with the disposition of observing and describing , you will learn how to guide your students in slowing down, using their senses, and communicating impressions of what they see in a work of art...and in other things.
Next, the routines used in the disposition of reasoning with evidence ask students to make hypotheses about the art and support their arguments with observations.
Finally, the questioning and investigating disposition challenges students to hone their natural curiosity by expressing their wonderings and formulating open-ended questions.
Throughout, you will discover the power of art to develop your students’ inclination, motivation, and ability to think deeply.
When you enroll, all the resources you need for your classroom to strengthen critical thinking by using art will be immediately available. We recommend spending a few hours learning and practicing each section before progressing to the next.
The online course environment features over 20 videos and interactive tools:
a zoom tool to examine works of art at full resolution
polls to compare your thoughts with those of other participants
discussion boards where teachers around the world share ideas, plans, and results
authentic lesson demonstration videos that model routines led by real classroom and museum educators with students of varying ages, with corresponding downloadable lesson plans
interview videos on topics like using thinking routines with emerging language learners and making accommodations for all learners
Participating with a global network of educators who, just like you, want to hone their abilities to teach critical thinking skills and explore arts integration will be an added bonus to your course experience.
What you'll learn
- How to use Artful Thinking Routines to strengthen thinking.
- How to facilitate meaningful conversations in your classroom using art for artful learning and artful teaching.
- How to help learners of all levels develop more discerning descriptions, evidence-based reasoning, and meaningful questioning habits.
- Key strategies for using content information to push original thinking deeper.
- Exciting, immersive activities for any type of classroom.
- How to use online teaching resources from the National Gallery of Art, including downloadable Artful Thinking lesson plans
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Length | 16 weeks |
Effort | 16 weeks, 3–4 hours per week |
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Cost | $99 |
From | SmithsonianX, The Smithsonian Institution via edX |
Instructor | Julie Carmean |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Education |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 16 weeks |
Effort | 16 weeks, 3–4 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $99 |
From | SmithsonianX, The Smithsonian Institution via edX |
Instructor | Julie Carmean |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Education |
Tags | Education & Teacher Training |
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