Open AccessUsing Form + Theme + Context (FTC) to Enhance Student Engagement in Critical Thinking Across Disciplines
Author(s) -
Renee Sandell
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
innovations in teaching and learning conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2379-8432
DOI - 10.13021/g8j60n
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , palette (painting) , context (archaeology) , critical thinking , product (mathematics) , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , visual arts , computer science , art , history , world wide web , geometry , mathematics , archaeology
Faculty will learn to use Form+Theme+Context (FTC)™ as an interdisciplinaryapproach that rebalances and integrates learning content for deeper studentengagement in critical thinking for diverse forms of literacy. As a visual organizerthat balances formal, thematic, and contextual considerations of any discipline,the FTC Palette can be used to decode and encode any learning content, rangingfrom a work of art, piece of writing, product design, or even a cultural institutionsuch as a museum. Faculty will be engaged in an interactive FTC demonstration tointerpret a famous work of art, collectively making discoveries informed by directvisual experience. Immediately following the FTC demonstration, faculty (groupedby different fields/colleges) will collaboratively utilize a generic FTC Palette as acreative tool for specifically helping their students make stronger interdisciplinaryconnections while advancing critical thinking skills within their home branch oflearning.