The arts and critical thinking in American education
By: Ivan Olson ; Ralph A. Smith, advisory editor.
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Aesthetics; Critical thinking; Creative thinking; Art -- Philosophy
Description: This text stresses that the arts are cognitive and effective essentials in human development. It includes research from psychology, philosophy, medicine, music, linguistics and visual arts to bring together theories designed to nourish the search for understanding the human mind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-138) and index.