Studio Thinking Studio Thinking FrameworkFramework

Eight Habits of MindEight Habits of Mind

Project Zero is an educational research group at the Project Zero is an educational research group at the Graduate School of EducationGraduate School of Education at at Harvard UniversityHarvard University. . Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well

as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.individual and institutional levels.

Eight Habits of MindEight Habits of Mind

• Develop CraftDevelop Craft

Learning to use and Learning to use and care for tools (e.g., care for tools (e.g., viewfinders, viewfinders, brushes), materials brushes), materials (e.g., charcoal, (e.g., charcoal, paint). Learning paint). Learning artistic conventions artistic conventions (e.g., perspective, (e.g., perspective, color mixing). color mixing).

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• Engage & PersistEngage & Persist

Learning to embrace Learning to embrace problems of problems of relevance within the relevance within the art world and/or of art world and/or of personal importance, personal importance, to develop focus and to develop focus and other mental states other mental states conducive to working conducive to working and persevering at and persevering at art tasks. art tasks.

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• EnvisionEnvision

Learning to picture Learning to picture mentally what mentally what cannot be directly cannot be directly observed and observed and imagine possible imagine possible next steps in next steps in making a piece. making a piece.

Eight Habits of MindEight Habits of Mind

• ExpressExpress

Learning to create Learning to create works that convey works that convey an idea, a feeling, an idea, a feeling, or a personal or a personal meaning. meaning.

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• ObserveObserve

Learning to attend to Learning to attend to visual contexts more visual contexts more closely than ordinary closely than ordinary "looking" requires, "looking" requires, and thereby to see and thereby to see things that otherwise things that otherwise might not be seen. might not be seen.

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• ReflectReflect

Question & Explain:Question & Explain: Learning to think and Learning to think and talk with others about talk with others about an aspect of one’s work an aspect of one’s work or working process.or working process.

Evaluate:Evaluate: Learning to Learning to judge one’s own work judge one’s own work and working process and working process and the work of others and the work of others in relation to standards in relation to standards of the: field. of the: field.

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• Stretch & ExploreStretch & Explore

Learning to reach Learning to reach beyond one's capacities, beyond one's capacities, to explore playfully to explore playfully without a preconceived without a preconceived plan, and to embrace plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn the opportunity to learn from mistakes and from mistakes and accidents.accidents.

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• Understand Art WorldUnderstand Art World

Domain:Domain: Learning about Learning about art history and current art history and current practice.practice.

Communities:Communities: Learning to Learning to interact as an artist with interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across organizations, and across the art field) and within the art field) and within the broader society. the broader society.

Eight Habits of MindEight Habits of Mind

• Develop CraftDevelop Craft

• Engage & PersistEngage & Persist

• EnvisionEnvision

• ExpressExpress

• ObserveObserve

• ReflectReflect

• Stretch & ExploreStretch & Explore

• Understand Art WorldUnderstand Art World

Studio Thinking Studio Thinking FrameworkFramework

Three Studio StructuresThree Studio Structures

Project Zero is an educational research group at the Project Zero is an educational research group at the Graduate School of EducationGraduate School of Education at at Harvard UniversityHarvard University. . Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well

as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.individual and institutional levels.

Three Studio StructuresThree Studio Structures

• Students-At-WorkStudents-At-Work Students make artworks Students make artworks

based on teachers' based on teachers' assignments assignments

Assignments specify Assignments specify materials, tools, and/or materials, tools, and/or challenges challenges

Teachers observe and Teachers observe and consult with individuals or consult with individuals or small groups small groups

Teachers sometimes talk Teachers sometimes talk briefly to the whole class briefly to the whole class

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• Demonstation-LecturesDemonstation-Lectures Teachers (and others) deliver Teachers (and others) deliver

information about processes information about processes and products and set and products and set assignments assignments

Information is immediately Information is immediately useful to students for class useful to students for class work or homework work or homework

Information is conveyed Information is conveyed quickly and efficiently to quickly and efficiently to reserve time for work and reserve time for work and reflection reflection

Visual examples are frequent Visual examples are frequent and sometimes extended and sometimes extended

Interaction occurs to varying Interaction occurs to varying degrees degrees

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• CritiqueCritique Central structure for Central structure for

discussion and reflection discussion and reflection A pause to focus on A pause to focus on

observation, observation, conversation, and conversation, and reflection reflection

Focus on student works Focus on student works Works are completed or Works are completed or

in progress in progress Display is temporary and Display is temporary and

informal informal

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• Students-At-WorkStudents-At-Work

• Demonstration or Demonstration or LectureLecture

• CritiqueCritique

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• Sharing SpaceSharing Space

• Maintaining StudioMaintaining Studio

• Hearing OthersHearing Others

• SafetySafety