How to make space and time for slow looking
Listen to this post: INTRODUCTION I’m talking today about making space and time for slow looking. If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know… Read More »How to make space and time for slow looking
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3 Key Ways to Foster Curiosity in your Programmes
So in today’s episode is the first of 2 episodes devoted to a subject close to my heart: curiosity. This week I’ll be exploring what… Read More »3 Key Ways to Foster Curiosity in your Programmes
What is mindful looking and how can I get started?
There are many ways to look at and think about an artwork. Mindful looking is the process of slowing down and looking at an artwork… Read More »What is mindful looking and how can I get started?
A Brief Guide to Thinking Routines
Interested in using Project Zero thinking routines as a questioning framework to structure and support your art and object discusions? Not quite sure where to… Read More »A Brief Guide to Thinking Routines
How to Ask Brilliant Questions that Get Results
How can you easily make your guided museum experiences more engaging and more interactive? By asking brilliant questions that get results. When you ask insightful,… Read More »How to Ask Brilliant Questions that Get Results
Slow-Looking: In-Depth Experiences with Art and Museum Objects
Much has been written about the power of art works, objects, artefacts to inspire, provoke curiosity and interest. It is generally accepted that looking at… Read More »Slow-Looking: In-Depth Experiences with Art and Museum Objects
How to Use Visible Thinking Routines on Guided Tours
Routines are an important part of the guided tour experience. As you welcome guests or visitors at the start of a tour, you will take… Read More »How to Use Visible Thinking Routines on Guided Tours
Visual Thinking Strategies and Visible Thinking
Visible Thinking and Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) often get confused. Here are some of the differences and similarities between the two frameworks. So, deep breath, here we… Read More »Visual Thinking Strategies and Visible Thinking
More than a strategy: using questioning frameworks in museum discussions
I was recently talking to a fellow museum educator about how they were given a 10 minute training on how to use thinking routines (from… Read More »More than a strategy: using questioning frameworks in museum discussions
Field trips that teach thinking skills
Originally posted by Rebecca Shulman Herz on Museum Questions: “A number of people have reached out to me to share ways in which they, too,… Read More »Field trips that teach thinking skills