John Dewey and the Lessons of Art - Hardcover

Jackson, Mr. Philip W.

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9780300072136: John Dewey and the Lessons of Art

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ISBN 10: 0300072139 ISBN 13: 9780300072136

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1998

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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.

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About the Author:

Philip W. Jackson is the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Education and Psychology at the University of Chicago. The immediate past president of the John Dewey Society, he is the winner of the American Educational Studies Association 1998 Critics' Choice Award for outstanding contributions to an area related to educational studies.

Review:

"Philip Jackson's searching meditations on Dewey and art are of abiding interest for all of us who care about our lives and how we nurture and nourish our children." Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education "Jackson presents a useful and...insightful review of John Dewey's systematic consideration of the arts...Jackson examines Dewey's theories on how the arts might help people live their lives differently. He also asks teachers of all kinds to consider how they might use the 'lessons' of art in their role as educators...This book makes a sound addition to commentary on the writings of John Dewey and to the fields of curriculum studies, educational philosophy, and arts education." Choice

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