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Sources and Acknowledgements

I’d like to take a moment here to acknowledge the individuals, publications, and resources that have inspired and contributed to the creation of the content you find on the Thinking Museum website. This page is a tribute to the wealth of knowledge that has shaped this platform and is updated regularly. Dive in and explore!

Project Zero

Project Zero website https://pz.harvard.edu/

Visible Thinking

Ritchhart, R., Church, M., Morrison, K. (2011) Making Thinking Visible: How to promote engagement, understanding and independence for all learners.​ Jossey-Bass: New Jersey.

Ritchart, R. and Church, M. (2020) The Power of Making Thinking Visible: practices to engage and empower all learners.​ Jossey-Bass: New Jersey. 

Visible Thinking website: https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/visible-thinking.

The thinking routines mentioned on this website were developed by Project Zero, a research centre at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Explore more PZ thinking routines here: pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines

Bown, Claire. “See Think Wonder: Integrating Thinking Routines into an International Primary School Pro- gramme.” MA, 2011. https://thinkingmuseum.com/ wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Final-Thesis-Claire- Bown.pdf

Bown, Claire “Visible Thinking and Interpretation.” In Interpreting the Art Museum, edited by Graeme Farnell, 269–89. Museumsetc, 2015.

Cultures of Thinking

Ritchhart, R. (2015) Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 forces we must master to truly transform our schools. Jossey-Bass, USA.

https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/cultures-of-thinking

Agency by Design

Agency By Design website http://www.agencybydesign.org.

Artful Thinking

Artful Thinking website http://pzartfulthinking.org/

Art as Civic Commons

Art as Civic Commons (ArtC) https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/arts-as-civic-commons

Slow Looking

Berger, John. 1972. Ways of Seeing. Edmonton, Alta: The Schools.

Clothier, Peter. Slow Looking : The Art of Looking at Art. Los Angeles: Toad Rampant Books, 2012.

Elkins, James. 2007. How to Use Your Eyes. Routledge.

Findlay, Michael. 2017. Seeing Slowly. Prestel Verlag.

Herman, Amy. 2017. Visual Intelligence : Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life. Boston: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Honore, Carl. In Praise of Slow. National Geographic Books, 2004.

Perkins, D N. 1994. The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art. Los Angeles:Getty Publications.

Slow Art Day website https://www.slowartday.com/.

Tishman, Shari. Slow Looking : The Art and Practice of Learning through Observation. New York, Ny: Rout- ledge, 2018.

Tishman, Shari. “The Object of Their Attention.” ASCD. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Alexandria, VA, United States, February 1, 2008. https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/the-object-of-their-attention

Walker, Rob. 2019. Art of Noticing : 131 Ways to Pay Attention. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Museum Education

Burnham, R. & Kai-Kee, E. 2011. The Art of Teaching in the Museum. In R. Burnham and E. Kai-Kee, (eds.) Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum

Dysthe, Olga, Nana Bernhardt, and Line Esbjoørn. 2013. Dialogue-Based Teaching : The Art Museum as a Learning Space. Copenhagen: Skoletjenesten.

Falk, J H. and Dierking, L D. 1992. The Museum Experience. Washington, DC: Howells House.

Kai-Kee, Elliott, Lissa Latina, and Lilit Sadoyan. 2020. Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum : Movement, Embodiment, Emotion. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum.

Ham, Sam H. Interpretation : Making a Difference on Purpose. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum, 2016.

Hubard, Olga M. Art Museum Education : Facilitating Gallery Experiences. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Pal- grave Macmillan, 2015.

Inquiry & Questioning

Berger, Warren, and Foster, Elise. 2020. Beautiful Questions in the Classroom : Transforming Classrooms into Cultures of Curiosity and Inquiry. Los Angeles: Corwin.

Right Question Institute website https://rightquestion.org

Coaching

Kline, Nancy. Time to Think : Listening to Ignite the Hu- man Mind. London Cassell Illustrated, 2016.

Starr, Julie. 2021. Coaching Manual. S.L.: Pearson Business.

Facilitation

Hunter, Dale. The Art of Facilitation. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, 2012.

Parker, Priya. The Art of Gathering : How We Meet and Why It Matters. Riverhead Books, 2020.

Other Sources

McDonald, Joseph P.; Mohr, Nancy; Dichter, Alan. Power of Protocols : An Educator’s Guide to Better Practice. New York: Teachers College Press, 2015.

Tishman, Shari; Perkins, David N; Jay, Eileen. 1995. The Thinking Classroom : Learning and Teaching in a Culture of Thinking. Boston: Allyn And Bacon.

Vance, Jessica. 2022. Leading with a Lens of Inquiry. Elevate Books EDU.

Vengoechea, Ximena. 2021. Listen like You Mean It : Re- claiming the Lost Art of True Connection. : Portfolio / Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Visual Thinking Strategies website https://vtshome.org.

Williams, Patterson. “Object-Oriented Learning in Art Museums.” Roundtable Reports 7, no. 2 (1982): 12–15. https://sjmusart.org/sites/default/files/files/object-oriented-learning-in-art-museums.pdf