TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yenawine,Philip
TI  - Visual thinking strategies: using art to deepen learning across school disciplines 
SN  - 9781612506098 (pbk.)
AV  - N 350 Y45v 2013
U1  - 372.5044 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard Education Press
KW  - Art appreciation
KW  - Study and teaching (Elementary)
KW  - Arte
KW  - Enseñanza
KW  - Apreciación del arte
KW  - Visualization
KW  - Critical thinking
KW  - Pensamiento crítico
KW  - Meaning (Psychology)
KW  - Metacognition in children
KW  - Cognición en niños
KW  - Significado (Psicología)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and index; Permission to wonder --; Visual thinking strategies: the basics --; Applying VTS to other subjects --; Assessing thinking through writing --; VTS, language development, and English language learners --; Learning how "to VTS" --; Effective teaching --; Appendix: if you're interested in trying VTS
N2  - "Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a teaching method that has been successfully implemented in schools and cultural institutions nationwide, provides for open-ended discussions of visual art that significantly increase students' critical thinking, language, and literacy skills. ... The book shows how VTS can be easily and effectively integrated into elementary classroom lessons in just ten hours a school year to create learner-centered environments where students at all levels are involved in rich, absorbing discussions."--Page 4 of cover
ER  -