Making the case for the arts : why arts education is not just a luxury
Part I. Studio classrooms : the how of studio teaching. Elements of studio classrooms ; Studio structures for learning : three flexible classroom formats ; A fourth overarching studio structure : exhibition
Part II. Introducing the studio habits of mind : a dispositional view of what the arts teach. Develop craft : technique, studio practice ; Engage and persist : committing and following through ; Envision : thinking in images ; Express : finding meaning ; Observe : really seeing, not just looking ; Reflect : question and explain, evaluate ; Stretch and explore : taking a leap ; Understand art worlds : domain, communities
Part III. Integrating studio structures of learning with the studio habits of mind. Demonstration-lecture and the studio habits of mind ; Students-at-work and the studio habits of mind ; Critique and the studio habits of mind ; Exhibition and the studio habits of mind ; Studio thinking : a common language for practice, research, and policy
Appendix A: Project examples
Appendix B: Conducting the research.