Teaching with Objects

In this session facilitated by Christina Smith, Brown University’s Sheridan Center assistant director and adjunct lecturer in Engineering, participants explore strategies for teaching problem solving skills through using art and objects in their courses. Participants learn ways to help students develop observational and reflective skills.
Space is limited. Registration required.
Meet at RISD Museum's Benefit Street entrance at 224 Benefit Street.
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This collaborative series, between the RISD Museum and Brown University’s Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, invites instructors to explore object-based teaching and learning strategies and consider ways to incorporate arts or object-based pedagogy in courses across the disciplines. Join us for sessions facilitated by faculty and staff who discuss the ways they teach with art and objects in their courses and strategies for working with collections.
Upcoming sessions include: 
Teaching with Objects 101 - Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 12-1:20 pm
Meet at Brown University's Haffenreffer Museum, Manning Hall, 1st floor, 21 Prospect Street.
and
Museum as Object - Tuesday, November 5, 12-1:20 pm
Meet at RISD Museum’s Benefit Street entrance, 224 Benefit Street.