Eisner (2003) starts off this 11 page, approximately 9,000 word essay with a que

Eisner (2003) starts off this 11 page, approximately 9,000 word essay with a question:
“What can education learn from the arts about the practice of education?” (p. 373)
The essay outlines the state of education reform history (I wonder, as an aside, this is not the purpose of this discussion: do you favor Thorndike or Dewey? p. 374). A tension is noted, between arts and sciences, with what can be counted presumed more valuable, more important, more ‘teachable’ than what is felt, or “preference,” or “ornamental” (p. 374).
Before the author enumerates six “distinctive forms of thinking” (pp. 377-388), the point of distinction is made between what teachers can do within a system focused on educational productivity (p. 375).
First off, enjoy the article. Read it for pleasure, with a eye on the pie in the sky, just for fun. Then wonder – what if? What if you, a classroom teacher, were to focus on the aesthetic experience of childhood instead of the ‘rigor’ of standards-based, test-driven instructional model. Write a short paragraph, with one or two cites to Eisner (2003). Then return to discuss this big idea with others here in your small group.

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