2 DAY SYMPOSIUKy F FACILITATED BY NOVEMBER 18 & 19 P2015 | BARCELONECIS ART COMMITTEE PRESENTS 2 DAY ANNUAL ECIS CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM TEACHING THINKING: THE GENESIS OF LITERACY VTS STRATEGIES IN CLASSROOM FACILITATED BY PHILIP. YENAWINE NOVEMBER 18 & 19 2015 / BARCELONA — BEGINNING IN PRESCHOOL. VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES (VTS) INTRODUCES DISCUSSIONS OF ART TO JUMPSTART THE KINDS OF THINKING AND LITERACIES REQUIRED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST-CENTURY. VTS BEGINS WITH ART TO ALLOW STUDENTS A CHANCE TO USE THEIR VISUAL ACUITY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF AMBIGUITY AND COMPLEXITY. IN THE COURSE OF THIS. THEY DEVELOP SKILIS-SUCH AS THE HABIT OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE TO BACK UP IDEAS-THAT EASILY TRANSFER TO OTHER LESSONS. THE METHOD OF FACILITATION (A SET OF QUESTIONS AND VARIOUS RESPONSE MECHANISMS) CAN BE REAPPLIED BY TEACHERS AND USED TO PROVOKE SEARCHING EXAMINATIONS OF OTHER IMAGES AND TEXTS HELP- ING STUDENTS DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM. MEANWHILE, ART IS DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN CHILDREN'S (LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE SYMPOSIUM WILI) TAKE PLACE IN CONFERENCE CENTRE. MUSEU PICASSO AS WELI. AS AT BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN A FORM/OF “SHOW ME” SESSION. PHILIP. YENAWINE HAS WORKED FOR FOUR DECADES IN AND WITH MUSEUMS TRYING TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO ART. HE WAS DLREC- TOR OF EDUCATION AT MOMA. NY FOR TEN YEARS. HE 18 CUR- RENTLY CO-FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF VISUAL UNDERSTANDING IN EDUCATION. A RESEARCH ENTITY THAT DEVELOPS PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, USING ART TO TEACH THINKING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. HIS MOST RECENT BOOK. VISUAL THINKING STRATE GIES, WAS PUBLISHED BY HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS IN OCTO- BER 2013.