Books written by Ellen Winner
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Invented Worlds: The Psychology of the Arts
Creation , he insisted , is nothing more than conscious , calculated , clever craft : " Most writers — poets in especial — prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy — an ecstatic intuition—and would ...
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World Shaman: Encountering Ancient Himalayan Spirits in Our Time
“Oh-oh, he might have been caught by real gods.” The children were suddenly serious. “Maybe so. Let's throw this altar away.” “No, keep it as it is,” Mohan insisted. He caught the scent of burning cloth. “Do you smell something?
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Studio Thinking from the Start: The K–8 Art Educator’s Handbook
B In tHE ClASSrooM: Chrissy gray-rodriguez Continues to learn with Her Students Chrissy Gray-Rodriguez, art teacher at the K–8 Garvy Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, is constantly involved in formal professional development.
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How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration
"How Art Works explores puzzles that have preoccupied philosophers as well as the general public: Can art be defined?
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Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education, Second Edition
This is a bold new step in arts education.” —David R. Olson, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto “Will be at the top of the list of essential texts in arts education.
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Studio Thinking from the Start: The K–8 Art Educator's Handbook
It is great to see them thinking about art time outside of school. (Harmon, 2016) Winter. In late winter, Wynita introduces additional media, broadening the studio offerings. With more complex techniques and concepts, students can now ...
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World Shaman: Encountering Ancient Himalayan Spirits in Our Time
Portraying his training from childhood in the ancient, mystical traditions of the shaman, this book brings a hopeful vision I will carry into my everyday life forever...a reminder of the mysteries that sustain our lives and how little we ...
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An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from the Colonial Times to a Promising Future
American education: The colonial experience, 1607–1783. New York: Harper & Row Cremin, L. A. (1980). American education: The national experience, 1783–1876. New York: Harper & Row. D'Amico, V. (1942). Creative teaching in art.
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The Point of Words: Children's Understanding of Metaphor and Irony
Psychologist Ellen Winner studies the creative, nonliteral discourse of children's spontaneous speech, examining how their abilities to use and interpret figurative language change as they grow older, and what such language shows us about ...
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Studio Thinking 3: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education
This edition includes new material about how the framework has been used since the original study, with new perspectives from artist-teachers who currently apply the Studio Thinking Framework in their own practice.
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Gifted Children: Myths And Realities
In this fascinating book, Ellen Winner uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what gifted children are really like.Using vivid case studies, Winner paints a complex picture of the gifted child.