The Arts and the Creation of Mind

By Elliot Eisner

Book Overview

Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for developing complex and subtle aspects of the mind,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300095236
• ISBN13: 9780300095234
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Very good resource for anyone working with students and art education

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!

More realistic than subjective

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.