Re-Imagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot Eisner (World Library of Educationalists Series)

Elliot Eisner has spent the last forty years researching, thinking and writing about some of the enduring issues in arts education, curriculum studies and qualitative research. He has compiled a career-long collection of his finest work including extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings and major theoretical contributions and brought them together in a single volume. Starting with a specially written introduction, which gives an overview of Eisner’s career and contextualises his selection, the chapters cover a wide range of issues including: \* children and art\* the use of educational connoisseurship\* aesthetic modes of knowing\* absolutism and relativism in curriculum theory\* education reform and the ecology of schooling\* the future of education research. Elliot Eisner has spent the last 40 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in Arts Education, Curriculum Studies and Qualitative Research. He has contributed over 20 books and 500 articles to the field.In this book, Professor Eisner has compiled a career-long collection of his finest pieces-extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings and major theoretical contributions-so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of Professor Eisner's career and contextualizes his selection, the chapters cover a wide range of issues, - Children and art- The use of educational connoisseurship- Aesthetic modes of knowing- Absolutism and relativism in curriculum theory- Education reform and the ecology of schooling- The future of education researchThis is a must-have book for anyone wishing to know more about the development of Arts Education, Curriculum Studies and Qualitative Research over the last four decades, and about Elliot Eisner's contribution to these exciting fields.This book is part of the World Library of Educationalists series, which celebrates the contributions made to education by leading figures. Each scholar has selected his or her own key writings from across numerous books and journal articles, and often spread across two or more decades to be presented in a single volume. Through these books, readers can chase up the themes and strands that have been lodged in a lifetime's work, and so follow the development of these scholars' contributions to the field, as well as the development of the fieldsthemselves. Other scholars included in the Richard Aldrich, Stephen J. Ball, John Elliott, Howard Gardner, John Gilbert, Ivor F. Goodson, David Hargreaves, David Labaree, E.C. Wragg, John White. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 CHAPTER 1 CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY IN ART......Page 16 CHAPTER 2 EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES......Page 26 CHAPTER 3 INSTRUCTIONAL AND EXPRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES......Page 33 CHAPTER 4 EDUCATIONAL CONNOISSEURSHIP AND CRITICISM......Page 46 CHAPTER 5 ON THE USES OF EDUCATIONAL CONNOISSEURSHIP AND CRITICISM FOR EVALUATING CLASSROOM LIFE......Page 57 CHAPTER 6 WHAT DO CHILDREN LEARN WHEN THEY PAINT?......Page 69 CHAPTER 7 ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH......Page 77 CHAPTER 8 THE ROLE OF THE ARTS IN COGNITION AND CURRICULUM......Page 85 CHAPTER 9 CAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INFORM EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE?......Page 95 CHAPTER 10 AESTHETIC MODES OF KNOWING......Page 105 CHAPTER 11 THE CELEBRATION OF THINKING......Page 114 CHAPTER 12 THE PRIMACY OF EXPERIENCE AND THE POLITICS OF METHOD......Page 121 CHAPTER 13 SLIPPERY MOVES AND BLIND ALLEYS......Page 132 CHAPTER 14 THE MISUNDERSTOOD ROLE OF THE ARTS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT......Page 138 CHAPTER 15 EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND THE ECOLOGY OF SCHOOLING......Page 145 CHAPTER 16 FORMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH......Page 159 CHAPTER 17 STANDARDS FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS......Page 172 CHAPTER 18 THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF DATA REPRESENTATION......Page 182 CHAPTER 19 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY A SCHOOL IS DOING WELL?......Page 193 CHAPTER 20 FROM EPISTEME TO PHRONESIS TO ARTISTRY IN THE STUDY AND IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING......Page 202 CHAPTER 21 WHAT CAN EDUCATION LEARN FROM THE ARTS ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF EDUCATION?......Page 214 INDEX......Page 224 This Is A Must-have Book For Anyone Wishing To Know More About The Development Of Arts Education, Curriculum Studies, And Qualitative Research Over The Last Four Decades, And About Elliot Eisner's Contribution To These Fields.--jacket. Children's Creativity In Art; A Study Of Types -- Educational Objectives: Help Or Hindrance? -- Instructional And Expressive Educational Objectives: Their Formulation And Use In Curriculum -- Educational Connisseurship And Criticism: Their Form And Functions In Educational Evaluation -- On The Uses Of Educational Connoisseurship And Criticism For Evaluating Classroom Life -- What Do Children Learn When They Paint? -- On The Differences Between Scientific And Artistic Approaches To Qualitative Research -- The Role Of The Arts In Cognition And Curriculum -- Can Educational Research Inform Educational Practice? -- Aesthetic Modes Of Knowing -- The Celebration Of Thinking -- The Primacy Of Experience And The Politics Of Method -- Slippery Moves And Blind Alleys: My Travels With Absolutism And Relativism In Curriculum Theory -- The Misunderstood Role Of The Arts In Human Development -- Educational Reform And The Ecology Of Schooling -- Forms Of Understanding And The Future Of Educational Research -- Standards For American Schools: Help Or Hindrance? -- The Promise And Perils Of Alternative Forms Of Data Representation -- What Does It Mean To Say A School Is Doing Well? -- From Episteme To Phronesis To Artistry In The Study And Improvement Of Teaching -- What Can Education Learn From The Arts About The Practice Of Education? Elliot Eisner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Eliot W. Eisner has spent the last 40 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in arts education, curriculum studies, and qualitative research. He has contributed over 20 books and 500 articles to the field. [publisher's note] "This is a must-have book for anyone wishing to know more about the development of Arts Education, Curriculum Studies, and Qualitative Research over the last four decades, and about Elliot Eisner's contribution to these fields."--Résumé de l'éditeur Read about the contributions made to the exciting fields of arts education, curriculum studies and qualitative research by Professor Eisner, who has spent 40 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues