How can we bring the arts into learning?
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Tomorrow Iโll be running my first official Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Institute experience at the National Museum of Catalan Art in Barcelona! ๐ฟ
I was immediately drawn to how simple yet powerful it was: a quiet structure that opened up rich dialogue, imagination, and multiple perspectives.
For anyone unfamiliar, VTS is a discussion method that uses art to support observation, curiosity, and shared meaning-making.
In learning settings, it helps participants
slow down,
notice more,
listen to one another,
and build confidence in expressing ideas ๐จ
As Iโm running on online series about VTS in August, I was recently interviewed about it and would love to share my answers with you.
๐ค: ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐?
๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ค: ๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ค: ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น?
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ตโฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
Iโm looking forward to sharing practical ways for educators to bring stories to life, invite participation, and make learning more participatory (and enjoyable).
PS Below is one of my first VTS experiences at the MNAC. What a stunning building!
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