Let's Talk About Art!: A Visual Thinking Skills Course
In this once weekly, ten week long course, students will discuss pairs of classical paintings using the Visual Thinking Strategies method.
Miss Brittany, M.S.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(127)
What's included
10 live meetings
5 in-class hoursMastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. A certificate of completion will be made available to learners at the conclusion of the course upon request.Certificate of Completion
A certificate of completion will be made available to learners at the conclusion of the course upon request.Class Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
Beginner - Advanced Level
In this once a week, 10-week course, students will participate in a series of guided questions related to themed pairs of classical artwork. We will begin each class with a quick hello song to greet each learner by name before taking a look at the artwork of the day and responding to a series of questions aligned with the Visual Thinking Strategies method. Through this framework, students will have the opportunity to practice descriptive language, logic, making inferences, relating imagery and ideas to lived experience, and participating in constructive debate. Students will be given opportunities to create their own drawings related to the day's themes as time permits. We will then close each lesson with a quick check-in to see how students are feeling before continuing our day with newly invigorated observational skills.
I value an emergent teaching style, in which I respond to student interests and preferences as much as possible during the course of each session. As such, the order and content of each activity may be modified to ensure that each young learner is as developmentally supported and intrinsically motivated as possible.Learning Goals
-Students exercise their powers of observation and focus on details.
-Students will use observation and evidence in order to create a hypothesis or make connections.
-Students will argue their assertions by using evidence to support their claims.
Syllabus
10 Lessons
over 10 WeeksLesson 1:
Still Life With Puppies by Gaugin, Exotic Landscape by Rousseau
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
The Triumph of Mordecai by Lippi, The Little Pets by Currier & Ives
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
The Muse Inspires the Poet by Rousseau, Crow and Heron by Harunobu
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Seminoles Preparing Food by Beaver, Domino Players by Pippen
30 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Learning Needs
I hold professional licensure in Moderate Disabilities from PreK-8th grade, and have extensive experience implementing instructional supports for a wide variety of neurotypes. Feel free to reach out with any specific concerns or requests!
Supply List
-blank paper -drawing implements (crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.)
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2021
5.0
127reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate
Master's Degree in Education from Wheelock College
I hold my MS in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College at Boston University, and I am professionally certified in Early Childhood, Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language, and Sheltered English Immersion in the state of Massachusetts. I have ten years of teaching experience at the early childhood level in a wide variety of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and neurologically diverse settings--lab, private, public, home-based, non-profit, co-op, and virtual--throughout the Greater Boston area.
During my time teaching in the Boston Public Schools, I had the pleasure of completing coursework on Visual Thinking Strategies through a partnership with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. From their site: "Thinking Through Art is a graduate-level course on teaching and learning that uses a student-centered discussion method called Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). By prioritizing students’ observations and prior knowledge during these conversations, students of all ages and abilities measurably improve their ability to reason with evidence and think flexibly. They build confidence communicating in conversation and in writing, develop cohesion as a classroom community, and an appreciation for the unique perspectives that each individual brings to a work of art. Thinking Through Art uses culturally and linguistically sustaining practices and art from around the world to empower students to explore visual art and make meaning on their own terms."
As co-founder of the National SEED Project Emily Style so adeptly summarized in her 1988 essay "Curriculum as Window and Mirror", curriculum should function "both as window and as mirror, in order to reflect and reveal most accurately both a multicultural world and the student herself or himself". This means that it is intrinsically important for ALL educators--including those who may not be members of a marginalized group themselves--to expose every student, regardless of their personal identity markers, to a multiplicity of cultures and ways of being in the world. To ensure that I am up to this crucial task, I have continuously pursued and successfully completed the following graduate-level coursework related to multicultural, multilingual, inclusive, and antiracist instruction over the past seven years:
* Racial and Cultural Identities-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Effective Sheltered English Instruction: Second Language Acquisition-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Impact of Special Needs: Early Childhood-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Mathematical Learning for Diverse Learners-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Reviews
Live Group Course
$110
for 10 classes1x per week, 10 weeks
30 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-9
1-5 learners per class
