- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press; 2002 edition (Oct 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0300095236
- ISBN-13: 978-0300095234
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.5 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 576 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #723,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this eloquent book, Eisner (education & art, Stanford) presents strong arguments for the inclusion of aesthetics as a core element of the school curriculum for all children. Eisner's work in this area is not as well known as Howard Gardner's (e.g., Frames of Mind; Intelligence Reframed), but since the 1960s he has been steadily promoting the ideal of diverse curricular emphases, including arts education. By analyzing student artwork as well as vignettes of good teaching, Eisner delves into both the theoretical (often citing John Dewey, Bruner, and Lev Vigotsky) and the practical applications of his insights. He firmly addresses assessment and evaluation in the arts, proposing a shift from the evaluation of outcomes to the evaluation of process. He also recommends an ongoing practice of criticism, engaged in by students and teachers together in the classroom, with the intention of improving both student work and programs of instruction. This persuasive work is recommended for academic and large public libraries.
Jean Caspers, Linfield Coll. Lib., McMinnville, OR
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jean Caspers, Linfield Coll. Lib., McMinnville, OR
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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“By illuminating the various ways that making and appreciating art are cognitive endeavors, Eisner invites us to celebrate the uniqueness of art education and entices us to explore the rich connections between thinking and learning in the arts and in other areas.”—Shari Tishman, Harvard University
“Elliot Eisner is long regarded as one of the most eloquent and best informed of those critical of the technicism dominating so many schools. At once, he is known as a trailbreaker in contemporary efforts to make the artistic-aesthetic dimension of experience central in public education’s classrooms. This book reimagines the kinds of reforms needed in education, as it brings together Eisner’s generative notions about learning and teaching, arts-based research, and (climactically) a conception of mind as process, a way of being in and acting upon the world. Encounters with the arts, Eisner tells us, can nurture and enrich mind in its becoming. The very idea of “creation” in this context opens perspectives on ways of making “mind” the beating heart of live and humane schools.”—Maxine Greene, Teachers College, Columbia University
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More realistic than subjective, Oct 4 2006
By Edilberto Torres Santos - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Arts and the Creation of Mind (Paperback)
Mr. Eisner explain the applications of the skills fostered by the fine arts educational experience. Giving especific examples, the author illuminates the dark side of the fine arts usefullness. On chapter four (soul of the book) deals with what can be expected from the fine arts experience and the real application of the acquired skills. More important, Eisner highlight the fact that the student has a self motivated and intrinsic satisfaction experience when learning thru the arts, something quite difficult to achieve with academics matters.
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Very good resource for anyone working with students and art education, Mar 18 2009
By R. Manuel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Arts and the Creation of Mind (Paperback)
Elliot Eisner has written a wonderful book about why arts are important for education- not as a supplement but as a way to learn. Recommended for anyone teaching children!
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Mixed feelings, April 22 2011
By J. Voigt - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Arts and the Creation of Mind (Paperback)
I know that this is one of the classic texts defending the need for a well-rounded arts education, but it's a bore. I am an art teacher and genuinely support the messages of this text, but found it a challenging, dull, long read. This book redundant and a bit difficult to follow. The author seems more interested in using academic jargon than defending the role of the arts in the development of the mind. This is a text that I will hang onto as a reference guide, but it is definitely not a text that was enjoyable to read.
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