V. Appendix
Glossary
ADS: Artist Description Sheet created by
participant students in Lesson 3 and attached
to each art piece submitted as part of the
ArtLink program. Global Competency: The capacity and
disposition to understand and act on issues of
global significance (“Educating for Global
Competence,” Asia Society, 2011).
Cross-Cultural: Relating to or involving two or
more different cultures or countries. Introspection: A reflective look inward; an
examination of one's own thoughts and
feelings.
Culture: Culture refers to the total way of life
for a particular group of people. It includes
what a group of people thinks, says, does, and
creates–its customs, language, material
artifacts, and shared systems of beliefs and
values.
Cultural Norms: Behavior patterns that are
typical of specific groups. Such behaviors are
learned from parents, teachers, peers, and
many others whose values, attitudes, beliefs,
and behaviors take place in the context of
their own organizational culture.
Docent: A person (student) who acts as a guide
in a museum, art gallery or exhibit. Origin: from
Latin docent-"teaching," from docere "teach."
Enduring Understandings: Statements
summarizing important ideas and core
processes that are central to a discipline and
have lasting value beyond the classroom.
They synthesize what students should
understand–not just know or do–as a result
of studying a particular content area.
Essential Questions: Questions which set the
focus for the lesson or unit, are initiators of
creative and critical thinking and are conceptual
commitments focusing on key concepts implicit
in the curriculum.
Gallery Walk: Students explore multiple images
that are placed around the room. Teachers often
use this strategy as a way to have students share
their work with peers or respond to a collection
of pieces. Because this strategy requires
students to physically move around the room, it
can be especially engaging to kinesthetic
learners.
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IVC: Interactive video conference.
Learning Outcomes: Statements that describe
significant and essential knowledge that
learners have achieved, and can reliably
demonstrate at the end of a course or program.
In other words, learning outcomes identify what
the learner will know and be able to do by the
end of a course or program.
Pair-Share: An instructional strategy to promote
individual, small group, and whole group
learning and discussion. Students are given a
topic which they think about individually. Then
they pair with a partner and discuss what each
other was thinking. Finally, they share their ideas
on the topic with the entire class.
Parable: A short story that teaches a moral
lesson.
Program ID#: Unique number provided by
Creative Connections to identify a participant
class during the duration of the ArtLink program
Turn and Talk: Students turn and talk to a
partner about what they have just heard or read,
or to discuss their answer to a teacher’s
question. It gives students an opportunity to
clarify their thinking and get answers to
questions, which aids in developing
understanding and promotes engagement.
Values: A person’s principles or standards of
behavior; the ideals one feels are the most
important to live by.
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