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Ambiguity, Inquiry, Dialogue: The Visual Thinking Strategies Teaching Method and Higher Education
Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 29, 2014
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDTWednesday, October 29, 4:30 PM
Location
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Middlebury College Box Office
Send EmailAmbiguity, Inquiry, Dialogue: The Vis...Description
Curator and educator Dabney Hailey will facilitate a discussion about an artwork to demonstrate the teaching method, Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). She then will address some key questions: What is visual thinking (or visual literacy), why does it matter, and how might it be developed in undergraduate students? How can open-ended, rigorous discussions about art, such as VTS conversations, enable academic museums to more effectively meet and influence curricular needs across disciplines? Describing the ways in which VTS cultivates the process of inquiry, creates comfort with ambiguity, and fosters collaboration, Hailey will draw on her experiences applying the method in a range of classes (Anthropology, Biology, Business, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Public Policy, among others) at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum. Sponsored by the Museum of Art and the Department of History of Art and Architecture. The Museum will remain open until 7:00 PM for post-lecture visitors. Free
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