LOIS HETLAND, ELLEN WINNER, SHIRLEY VEENEMA, and KIMBERLY M. SHERIDAN
Policymakers, art teachers, and educators in other disciplines can discover the positive effects of arts education. This best-selling resource expands on the groundbreaking research of its first edition, and includes insight from educators who have successfully used the Studio Structure for Learning to improve student learning across the curriculum. Studio Thinking 2 will help advocates explain arts education to policymakers, help art teachers develop and refine their teaching and assessment practices, and assist educators in other disciplines to learn from existing practices in arts education. New material includes: Exhibitions as a fourth Studio Structure for Learning; Explanation and examples of the dispositional elements of each Habit; A chart aligning Habits to the English Language Arts and Mathematics Common Core; and Descriptions of how the Framework has been used across arts and non-arts disciplines. Co-published with Teachers College Press.
164 pgs. (2013) ISBN 978-0-8077-5435-1

“[The authors] have set out to show WHAT IT MEANS TO TAKE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS SERIOUSLY, in its own right.“
—The New York Times