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The Indianapolis Museum of Art will collaborate with six partners to develop a pilot pre-service program on visual thinking strategies for future educators and the faculty teaching them. The Viewfinders project will introduce the strategies into courses at three local universities and elementary schools in two districts will serve as the labs for the pre-service educators. , in collaboration with six partners, will develop Visual Thinking Strategies into a pilot pre-service program for faculty and future elementary school educators entitled, Viewfinders: In-Service to Pre-Service. In cooperation with Visual Understanding in Education, museum educators will work with elementary education professors at three partner universities in Indianapolis to introduce Visual Thinking Strategies into their courses for elementary education majors and create a pilot model for this process.