Making the case for the arts: why arts education is not just a luxury
Taking arts education seriously: our school-based colleagues
I: Studio classrooms: the how of studio teaching
Elements of studio classrooms
Studio structures: three flexible teaching formats
II: Studio habits of mind: what the arts teach
Learning to develop craft: using art tools, materials, and concepts
Learning to engage and persist: committing and following through
Learning to envision: planning beyond seeing
Learning to express: finding personal visions
Learning to observe: seeing beyond the ordinary
Learning to reflect: thinking metacognitively
Learning to stretch and explore: beyond the familiar
Learning to understand the artist's worlds: navigating domain and field
III: Integrating studio structures 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
Conclusion: Common language for intellectual growth.
