Looking
Beyond: Using Visual
Thinking Strategies to Investigate
Objects & Literature
Amy Chase Gulden
Visual
Understanding in Education
(VUE)
Alice Anderson
Marlene Roeder
Associate Curator of Education,
Everson Museum
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Exploring
the application of the VTS inquiry-method,
normally practiced on works of visual
art, to other visual and written
materials drawn from literature,
the natural world, historical documents,
and cultural objects.
We hear from teachers that VTS gets
their students excited about mining
not only works of art for meaning,
but also other classroom experiences.
In this participatory workshop we
will explore using the VTS method
to structure inquiry discussions
around a variety of visual and written
materials from other disciplines,
and as an assessment tool.
Thursday 9:15-10:45
Conference Strand:
Curriculum/Assessment
Educators: will
be introduced to the most basic elements
of the VTS method and experience
how it can be transferred to investigate
other materials and experiences commonly
accessible in their classroom.
Artists: will be
introduced to the most basic elements
of the VTS method as one that can
be applied to the works of art they
might explore with students in their
residencies, and will see how it
can be transferred to other areas
of classroom learning, thus facilitating
deeper partnering with classroom
teachers.
Organizational Administrators:
will be introduced to the most basic
elements of the VTS method as one
that can be applied to the works
of art they might explore with students
in their residencies, and will see
how it can be transferred to other
areas of classroom learning, thus
facilitating deeper partnering with
classroom teachers.
Educational Administrators:
will be introduced to the most basic
elements of the VTS method, and experience
how the inquiry and thinking that
can be practiced with works of art
can be transferred to investigate
other classroom materials and experiences.
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Amy
Chase Gulden joined
Visual Understanding in Education
(VUE) as the NY Regional Director
this fall. A visual artist, she
has experience in the arts education
field as a researcher, program
director, and designer of professional
development and curriculum. She
particularly enjoys documenting
teaching practices and student
learning as a way to build communities
of reflective practice. Prior
to VUE, Amy was director of Studio
in a School’s Long Term
visual-arts residency program, where
she continues to consult. |
