其他摘要：Philip Yenawine, the former director of the New York Museum of Modern Art's Department of Education, is one of the designers of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). VTS is a visual arts program founded on the premise that finding meaning in works of visual art involves a rich range of thinking skills. In Japan, little attention has been paid to Yenawine's educational activities, such as his educational background or how he designed VTS. To clarify these, I will examine Yenawine's previous educational activities, research, and teaching materials. I will also compare several teaching materials created by Yenawine and published between 2000 and 2002, including Visual Thinking Strategies. These teaching materials are characterized by three concerns: (1) a reflection of Abigail Housen's model for aesthetic development, (2) the teacher's role changing to facilitator, and (3) linking schools and museums by providing lesson plans for museum visits. These three characteristics suggest that Visual Thinking Strategies supports fundamental instructional improvements to encourage and help novices have richer experiences in museums, through discussions.
