{"product_id":"the-arts-and-the-creation-of-mind-9780300095234","title":"The Arts and the Creation of Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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  argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. In it he describes how various forms of thinking are evoked  developed  and refined through the arts. These forms of thinking  Eisner argues  are more helpful in dealing with the ambiguities and uncertainties of daily life than are the formally structured curricula that are employed today in schools.  Offering a rich array of examples  Eisner describes different approaches to the teaching of the arts and the virtues each possesses when well taught. He discusses especially nettlesome issues pertaining to the evaluation of performance in the arts. Perhaps most important  Eisner provides a fresh and admittedly iconoclastic perspective on what the arts can contribute to education  namely a new vision of both its aims and its means. This new perspective  Eisner argues  is especially important today  a time at which mechanistic forms of technical rationality often dominate our thinking about the conduct and assessment of education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646667415605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300095236","price":22.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300095234.jpg?v=1781676989","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-arts-and-the-creation-of-mind-9780300095234","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}