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ERIC Number: EJ860693
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0362-6784
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Toward a Theory of Aesthetic Learning Experiences
Uhrmacher, P. Bruce
Curriculum Inquiry, v39 n5 p613-636 Dec 2009
The purpose of this article is to reveal ways to provide the opportunity for students to have aesthetically engaged learning experiences. Using John Dewey's ideas from "Art as Experience" as a framework, the author uses aesthetic theory to show how such ends can be reached. In addition, he suggests six themes that teachers can draw upon to help students attain engaged learning experiences. The themes, which are elaborated upon fully in this article, include connections, active engagement, sensory experience, perceptivity, risk taking, and imagination. In addition to providing engaged learning, the upshot of providing aesthetic learning experiences is likely to include student satisfaction, an increase in perceptual knowledge, episodic memory retention, meaning making, and creativity and innovation.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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