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John Dewey and the Lessons of Art (Paperback, New Ed)
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John Dewey and the Lessons of Art (Paperback, New Ed)
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What do the arts have to teach us about how to live our lives? How
can teachers use art's "lessons" to improve their teaching? This
provocative book examines John Dewey's thinking about the arts and
explores the practical implications of that thinking for educators.
Philip W. Jackson draws on Art as Experience, the philosopher's
only book on the subject, and less well-known observations
scattered throughout Dewey's writings to consider the nature and
power of art and its relation to education. For those unacquainted
with Dewey's thought as well as for Dewey specialists, this book
provides rich insights into how the arts might inform educational
practice. Jackson introduces the basics of Dewey's aesthetic theory
and then looks at the ways in which single works of art can
profoundly affect the individuals who either make them or come to
them as readers, listeners, or spectators. He considers the
experiences of many writers-music and art critics, authors of
self-help books, poets, and philosophers-to explore the
transformative power of the experience of art. In a concluding
chapter on the educational relevance of Dewey's views, the author
focuses on two instances of flawed educational practice, showing
how a more conscientious application of Dewey's view of the arts
could have improved the learning experience.
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