1. Studio Thinking Framework Eight Habits of Mind
Project Zero is an educational research group at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.

2. Eight Habits of Mind
Develop Craft Learning to use and care for tools (e.g., viewfinders, brushes), materials (e.g., charcoal, paint). Learning artistic conventions (e.g., perspective, color mixing).

3. Eight Habits of Mind
Engage & Persist Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus and other mental states conducive to working and persevering at art tasks.

4. Eight Habits of Mind
Envision Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.

5. Eight Habits of Mind
Express Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.

6. Eight Habits of Mind
Observe Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary "looking" requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.

7. Eight Habits of Mind
Reflect Question & Explain: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process. Evaluate: Learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others in relation to standards of the: field.

8. Eight Habits of Mind
Stretch & Explore Learning to reach beyond one's capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes and accidents.

9. Eight Habits of Mind
Understand Art World Domain: Learning about art history and current practice. Communities: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society.

10. Eight Habits of Mind Develop Craft Engage & Persist Envision Express
Observe
Reflect
Stretch & Explore
Understand Art World

11. Studio Thinking Framework Three Studio Structures
Project Zero is an educational research group at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.

12. Three Studio Structures
Students-At-Work
Students make artworks based on teachers' assignments
Assignments specify materials, tools, and/or challenges
Teachers observe and consult with individuals or small groups
Teachers sometimes talk briefly to the whole class

13. Three Studio Structures
Demonstation-Lectures
Teachers (and others) deliver information about processes and products and set assignments
Information is immediately useful to students for class work or homework
Information is conveyed quickly and efficiently to reserve time for work and reflection
Visual examples are frequent and sometimes extended
Interaction occurs to varying degrees

14. Three Studio Structures
Critique
Central structure for discussion and reflection
A pause to focus on observation, conversation, and reflection
Focus on student works
Works are completed or in progress
Display is temporary and informal

15. Three Studio Structures
Students-At-Work
Demonstration or Lecture
Critique

16. Studio Thinking Framework
Sharing Space
Maintaining Studio
Hearing Others
Safety