Studio Thinking Framework Eight Habits of Mind

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Studio Thinking FrameworkEight Habits of Mind

• Project Zero is an educational research group at
  the Graduate School of Education at Harvard
  University. Project Zero's mission is to
  understand and enhance learning, thinking, and
  creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and
  scientific disciplines, at the individual and
  institutional levels.

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

• ReflectQuestion Explain Learning to think
  and talk with others about an aspect of ones
  work or working process.Evaluate Learning to
  judge ones own work and working process and the
  work of others in relation to standards of the
  field.

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Eight Habits of Mind

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

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Eight Habits of Mind

• Understand Art WorldDomain Learning about art
  history and current practice.Communities
  Learning to interact as an artist with other
  artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts
  organizations, and across the art field) and
  within the broader society.

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Eight Habits of Mind

• Develop Craft
• Engage Persist
• Envision
• Express
• Observe
• Reflect
• Stretch Explore
• Understand Art World

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Studio Thinking FrameworkThree Studio Structures

• Project Zero is an educational research group at
  the Graduate School of Education at Harvard
  University. Project Zero's mission is to
  understand and enhance learning, thinking, and
  creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and
  scientific disciplines, at the individual and
  institutional levels.

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Three Studio Structures

• Students-At-Work
• Students make artworks based on teachers'
  assignments
• Assignments specify materials, tools, and/or
  challenges
• Teachers observe and consult with individuals or
  small groups
• Teachers sometimes talk briefly to the whole
  class

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Three Studio Structures

• Demonstation-Lectures
• Teachers (and others) deliver information about
  processes and products and set assignments
• Information is immediately useful to students for
  class work or homework
• Information is conveyed quickly and efficiently
  to reserve time for work and reflection
• Visual examples are frequent and sometimes
  extended
• Interaction occurs to varying degrees

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Three Studio Structures

• Critique
• Central structure for discussion and reflection
• A pause to focus on observation, conversation,
  and reflection
• Focus on student works
• Works are completed or in progress
• Display is temporary and informal

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Three Studio Structures

• Students-At-Work
• Demonstration or Lecture
• Critique

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Studio Thinking Framework

• Sharing Space
• Maintaining Studio
• Hearing Others
• Safety