Looking for an exciting and interesting way to introduce Metacognition-Higher Level Thinking Skills?

Or just wanting  ready- to- use, and easy- to- manage ideas for creative thinking  about Visual Arts?

Or desperate for inspirations to'kick start' Inquiry Learning whatever the subject?

 Then this is just what you need!

The Art of Thinking - learning to think by looking at art

 This CD and teacher's manual uses art through the ages to develop thinking skills for educators,teachers, and students alike. Here, we demonstrate that through thinking about art, we can develop the art of effective thinking! 

It is all about teaching your students not  WHAT to think   but    HOW to think!

This is an invaluable Thinking Skills and Visual Art resource which contains 38 well-known artists’ works, world wide (China, Japan, Europe,Asia, Africa,The Americas, Australia, New Zealand,) dating from 700AD to 2008. They are chronologically listed, and include paintings, prints, sculpture, architecture, jewellery and cultural artifacts by e.g da Vinci, Michelangelo, Hokusai,Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso,Dali, Pollock and many other notable artists. 

There are 26 graded Thinking Skills all interchangeable with the artworks...well over 950 different ways of using this 'must have' resource! 

 Slideshow components made easy!

1. Book title slide.

2. Introduction with basic details about the artwork,art timeline and global location

3. Enlarged artwork gallery display and starter questions to begin discussions with Thinking skills.Our ‘Detective Inspector of Art' is on hand offering clues to encourage investigation and prompt younger students to focus! Display and zoom in on these enlarged art images to discover more about the artworks!
 4.Synopsis of background information is for display  preferably after research,discussions or learning sessions with thinking skills and artworks.

 CD also includes Graphic Organisers,Reflective Audit,and Glossary.

 This practical,  approach to expanding your students’ Art of Thinking  uses graded skill levels to assist them to become effective, independent thinkers,to become more observant and enjoy discovery and creativity beyond the constraints of the picture frame, time and time again. 
This training tool provides the sensory anchor of visual experience.  

Using visual art for sensory anchoring enables your students to:

 

• Focus on detail while being aware of the ‘bigger picture’
• Make immediate, deliberate and mindful connections
• Engage and widen abilities and attitudes
• Use emotions and all the senses to think creatively and critically
• Move from artwork in the classroom to wider worlds of art and culture