The arts and critical thinking in American education / Ivan Olson ; Ralph A. Smith, advisory editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Ivan, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Critical thinking.

Creative thinking.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Physical Description:

xii, 142 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2000.

Summary:

Considers the cognitive and affective modes of thought that relate to the arts in areas of critical thinking, creativity, memory, and specific processes such as perception, imagery, and conservation.

Contents:

1. Theoretical and Philosophical Overview 1

Idealism and the Arts 1

Realism in the Arts 7

Eight Terms in Need of Special Attention 9

The American Attitude 10

2. Perceptual Style 13

From Perception to Cognition 13

Field Dependence/Independence 18

Perception and the Arts 19

3. Cognition and the Arts: Some Necessary Generalizations 25

Conservation 25

The Gestalt, Human Psyche, and Real Art 26

Schema 27

Metacognition 29

Fusion of Perception and Cognition 30

Creativity and the Cognitive-Affective Process 31

Creativity and Significant Figures in the Arts 33

4. The Image Is Everything 43

Imagery and the Great Debate 43

Images in Program Music 50

Icons and Images 60

5. Arts, Aesthetics, and the Umbrella of Critical Thinking 65

The Arts: A Blossoming of the Human Mind 66

Music Listening and Analysis: Critical Thinking 73

Aesthetics, Everyday Life, and Modernism 76

School Reform and the Arts 80

Model Programs 81

Aesthetic Models 86

Cultural Literacy 87

6. Teaching Approaches 97

Appendix A Taxonomy for the Aesthetic Transaction 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-138) and index.

ISBN:

0897896947

0313308446

OCLC:

39634040