Thinking through aesthetics /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Worchester, MA :
Davis Publications ,
c1997.
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| Series: | Art education in practice series
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Philosophy, aesthetics, and children
- Philosophy and its branches
- Philosophical inquiry and children
- Philosophical inquiry and the art curriculum
- ch. 2. Aesthetic theories and philosophical questions
- Aesthetic theories
- Recognizing philosophical questions
- ch. 3. Wonder, inquiry, and the philosophical dialogue
- Creating a climate for philosophical inquiry
- The dialogue as the cornerstone of philosophical inquiry
- Addressing student questions
- A big-questions chart
- Planning for philosophical dialogues
- ch. 4. Generating questions for philosophical dialogues
- ch. 4. Generating questions for philosophical inquiry
- Planning and the art curriculum
- Determining questions, issues, and topics
- ch. 5. Activities for philosophical inquiry
- Great debates
- Role-playing
- In-out-maybe
- A journal for thoughts about art
- Questions in the air
- Object ranking
- Analyzing philosophical writings
- Conducting interviews
- Token response
- Stories and other writing
- Student artworks
- ch. 6. Activities for introducing and practicing skills
- Getting clear about philosophical inquiry
- Clarifying what’s at issue
- Engagement in dialogues
- Offering and evaluating reasons
- Attending to the use of words
- ch. 7. Philosophical inquiry and the art curriculum
- Alignment, assessment, and outcomes
- Age appropriateness
- Lesson planning
- Sample lessons.