Learning to Look: Slow Looking
3 Hours One Painting Jennifer Roberts, a professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, asks her students to select a painting from… Read More »Learning to Look: Slow Looking
3 Hours One Painting Jennifer Roberts, a professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard, asks her students to select a painting from… Read More »Learning to Look: Slow Looking
On a guided tour, using an approach that appeals to all or some of the senses will help you to make your tour experiences more… Read More »Tips & Tools: Sensory Experiences on Guided Tours
As museum and tour guides, we want participants on our tours to look closely at objects. However, research has shown that the average time spent… Read More »Learning to Love ‘Boring’ Objects
In praise of the humble notebook… I have hundreds of tips and tools in my head that I could share with you, but today I’ve… Read More »Tips & Tools: Using Notebooks for Activities on Guided Tours
A viewfinder is a tool that enables artists to frame or crop a particular scene to arrange their composition. It is usually a square or… Read More »Tips & Tools: How to use a Viewfinder to Look Closely
Interested in thinking routines but not sure where to start? Focusing on thinking routines is one of the easiest and most accessible ways to start… Read More »A Brief Guide to Thinking Routines
We spend our days asking questions, but most of us never actually spend any time honing our questioning skills. For some people questioning comes easily.… Read More »10 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Asking Questions
⭐️VISIBLE THINKING ROUTINE OF THE WEEK ⭐️ BEGINNING-MIDDLE-END I absolutely love this routine. It has always been a STAR ⭐️ for me with groups of… Read More »Visible Thinking Routine of the Week: Beginning-Middle-End
How can you easily make your guided tours, educational programmes and online sessions more engaging and more interactive? By asking brilliant questions that get results.… Read More »How to Ask Brilliant Questions that Get Results
THINKING ROUTINE OF THE WEEK: HEADLINES HEADLINES is a thinking routine that helps to capture the essence or heart of something being discussed. It is… Read More »Thinking Routine of the Week: Headlines