Learning to Think Critically: A Visual Art Experiment

Autor/inn/en	Bowen, Daniel H.; Greene, Jay P.; Kisida, Brian
Titel	Learning to Think Critically: A Visual Art Experiment
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 43 (2014) 1, S.37-44 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X13512675
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Museums; Field Trips; Painting (Visual Arts); Effect Size; Disadvantaged Youth; Art Education; Minority Group Students; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Age Differences; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Exkursion; Malerei; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This article examines whether exposure to the arts has an effect on the ability of students to engage in critical thinking. We conduct a randomized controlled trial involving 3,811 students who were assigned by lottery to participate in a School Visit Program at the newly opened Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Students who participated in the School Visit Program demonstrated significantly stronger critical thinking skills when analyzing a new painting. These effects were larger for students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In light of recent declines in the availability of the arts for disadvantaged populations, our results have important policy implications for efforts to restore and expand access to the arts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10