VTS CURRICULUM MATERIALS

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VTS VIDEOS and DVDS

The following VTS videos and DVDs are available only through VUE. To pay by check, please call (212-253-9007) or e-mail (info@vue.org).

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Contrasting Practices I
Filmed in a sixth-grade classroom in Urbana Illinois, Contrasting Practices I shows VUE co-director Philip Yenawine teaching Visual Thinking Strategies. The video shows Yenawine "teaching" three images three different ways, first with minimal input and from the back of the room; then from the front of the room, but again with little response, and finally from the front of the room, using the VTS method. The "contrast" is in the students’s responses; they grow increasingly more engaged and thoughtful in each section. 20 minutes.

• Video $38.00 (NTSC format)

Video $81.00 (PAL format)

Contrasting Practices II
Filmed in a fifth-grade classroom in Urbana Illinois, Contrasting Practices II shows VUE co-director Philip Yenawine teaching Visual Thinking Strategies. The video illustrates how the VTS method (using the three non-directive questions, acknowledging student responses, pointing to the area being described, paraphrasing and linking) puts hands in the air and makes the classroom experience an exciting process of discovery for students and teachers. 20 minutes.

• Video $38.00 (NTSC format)
Video $81.00 (PAL format)

Contrasting Practices III
Filmed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with two groups of eighth grade students, Contrasting Practices III contrasts Philip Yenawine teaching Visual Thinking Strategies with Danielle Rice teaching the method used at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. VTS relies exclusively on open-ended questioning, while the Philadelphia Museum’s method provides space for students to share ideas and feelings, but also gives contextual information about the artist’s life, art history, and so on. The video sequences were shot in preparation for a joint appearance at the National Docent Symposium in early 2000. After teaching, Philip and Danielle "recreate" the symposium by posing questions to one another that were asked of them there. (33 minutes)

Video $38.00 (NTSC format)
Video $81.00 (PAL format)

 

Contrasting Practices I, II and III
See descriptions above.

DVD $78.00

 

Visual Thinking Strategies: Building Critical Thinking Through Visual Art
Filmed at the Detroit Institute of Arts, this video shows Visual Thinking Strategies being taught by four different teachers. It illustrates the flexibility of VTS to a range of teaching styles. (11 minutes)

DVD $38.00
Video $38.00 (NTSC format)
Video $81.00 (PAL format)

VTS: A Tool for Building Visual Literacy, Language Skills, and Critical Thinking (Terra Museum of American Art)
Philip Yenawine demonstrates Visual Thinking Strategies to a group of educators participating in a 2003 workshop at the Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago. The video documents Yenawine facilitating a VTS discussion about a painting in the Terra Foundation for American Art collection, Gallery of the Louvre by Samuel F.B. Morse, followed by an examination of how the discussion was constructed. Classroom and museum educators and docents interested in learner-centered teaching methods may find this video a useful resource. This video was made possible by the Terra Museum of American Art with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Illinois (Copyright © 2003 Terra Museum of American Art). See video online.

DVD $38.00
Video $38.00 (NTSC format)
Video $81.00 (PAL format)
 



 

 

The following video is available through Crystal Productions:

What Do You See? A Teaching Video
Renowned art educator Philip Yenawine demonstrates a mode of inquiry designed to help students observe, analyze, and interpret art, emphasizing observation and critical thinking. At the Art Institute of Chicago, Yenawine demonstrates this teaching method with sixth-grade and high-school students. (28 minutes) $15 VHS. Order from Crystal Productions.

 

new! Thinking Through Art: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum School Partnership Program
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's multi-visit program, Thinking Through Art, is the subject of this short documentary. Featuring interviews with Direct of Education Peggy Burchenal, Director of the museum Anne Hawley, VUE Co-Founder Philip Yenawine and former Boston Superintendent Tom Payzant, the DVD weaves their comments with footage with students participating in VTS conversations in the museum and classroom. The Thinking Through Art program was funded by a grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination program and was the subject of a three-year research project. 20 minutes. (Copyright SYMBOL 2007 Vida Health Communications, Inc.)
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