Critical and Aesthetic: Visit to the Lowe / Thursday 3/28/24

 

 

 

 

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Unit: Critical and Aesthetic

Theme: Expressing Opinion About Art Using VTS

 

Introduction 

VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) can aid the teacher of Dance to bring the field to the realm of critical thinking. Articulating ideas about Dance (whether in oral, written, visual and/or pictorial form) helps students to see Dance as more than just entertainment. 



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Learning Objectives


  • Understand the concept of VTS
  • Explain how VTS can be adapted to Dance Studies
  • Gather awareness of the importance of developing critical opinion about dance aesthetics
  • Experience a session where VTS is applied to Dance
 

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Main Lesson

 Visual Thinking Strategies: Terra Foundation

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a learner-centered instructional method used to examine and find meaning in visual art. Using a painting from the Terra Foundation collection, Samuel F. B. Morse’s iconic Gallery of the Louvre (1831–33), Yenawine facilitates a VTS discussion, followed by an examination of how the discussion was constructed. Classroom and museum educators and docents interested in learner-centered teaching methods will find this video to be a very useful resource. 
 
 
QUESTION 1

Explain in your own words the meaning of VTS.
 
 
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II


 
Use the link bellow to check the Collections section of the Lowe Art Museum.

Lowe Art Museum - Collections
https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/collections
 
 
 QUESTION 2
 
Out of the paintings shown in the Collections section, which painting did you like best? Why?
 

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VTS Discussion Process

  • Observe a painting
  • What is going on in this picture? 
  • Facilitator paraphrases
  • What makes you think so?
  • Facilitator paraphrases
  • What more can we find?
  • Facilitator paraphrases
  • What makes you say that?
  • Facilitator paraphrases
  • What more can you find?
  • Facilitator paraphrases
  • What did you see that makes say that?
  • Facilitator paraphrases
 


QUESTION 3

What is the intention of this process?



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IV
 
 Application
 
QUESTION 4


Use the link bellow to check the Collections section of the Lowe Art Museum. Choose a painting of your choice and apply the VTS- Discussion-Process listed above. Write your answers and post them on Discussion Board.

Lowe Art Museum - Collections
https://emuseum1.as.miami.edu/collections
 
 
 
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  QUESTION 5
 


Write a reflection about the VTS- Discussion-Process and how it could help children to learn more about Dance?


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VISIT TO THE LOWE 

 


 

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