UID:
almahu_9949721260802882
Umfang:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781350120938
Serie:
Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education
Inhalt:
〈i〉The Necessity of Aesthetic Education〈/i〉 is a manifesto. That which is experienced through engagement with art, through the many various and diverse art forms and media, is uniquely and essentially valuable to the lives of human beings. In order to fully appreciate and gain the most out of the arts, which offer a variety of aesthetic experience, there are concepts, skills and techniques integral to such understanding. In this book, Laura D'Olimpio argues that aesthetic education ought to be a compulsory part of education for all school-aged students, from pre-primary to high school, on the basis of its distinctive value. Such an argument is timely, given the so-called crisis in the arts and humanities, with declining student numbers in subjects that do not have a direct vocational correlative, and increased focus on science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM) subjects. As funding cuts increasingly slash the support for the arts, there is a need to argue for why the arts and arts education is valuable, for their own sake, as well as for the positive contributions they can and do make to society. Through critical engagement with a range of thinkers including Maxine Greene, John Dewey and Elliot Eisner, D'Olimpio offers a unique and important contribution to aesthetic education, and to research within philosophy of education.
Anmerkung:
Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Arts Education in Policy and Practice 2. Why Value The Arts and Arts Education? 3. Defending Arts Education 4. On the Centrality of Aesthetic Experience 5. Objections and Replies 6. Instrumental Defences of Arts Education 7. Aesthetics and Ethics Conclusion: The Necessity of Arts Education References Index
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781350120938
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350120938?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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