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Publication Date: 2016
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Art and Education in Dewey: Accomplishing Unity, Bringing Newness to the Fore
d'Agnese, Vasco
Education and Culture, v32 n2 Article 7 p80-98 2016
The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of art in Deweyan thought, making a case for the relationship among art, experience, and education. I will do so by drawing on both Deweyan works--primarily "Art as Experience" and chapter nine of "Experience and Nature"--and scholarly literature devoted to the issue. Based on those precedents, I wish to argue that art plays a central function in Deweyan thought. Dewey conceived of art as (a) the very basis on which to deepen, enlarge, and make sense of experience; (b) the place where humans search for meaning and unity find its fulfillment; and (c) the means by which we may enact the primary task of education, namely, bringing newness to the fore by emancipating and enlarging experience.
Descriptors: Art Education, Aesthetics, Experience, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Educational Theories
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