Aesthetic Experience in Science Education: Learning and Meaning-Making as Situated Talk and Action

ISBN-13: 9780805855036 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 202 str.

Per-Olof Wickman

Opis

Ths bk examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science&in science education from the perspective of knowlecge as action&language use, based on the writings of John Dewey&Ludwig Wittgenstein.It offers a novel contribution to the current debat

Recenzje

"...Wickman has written a composition that is intriguing and stimulating....Wickman's quest to intrigue others to pursue science through aesthetics has been a successful journey. The literature presented in the text was far beyond a superficial level."
—PsycCRITIQUES

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Beauty and the Beast. Part I: The Continuity of Experience. Distinctions and Continuity. Aesthetic Experience as Practical Epistemology. Part II: Aesthetic Experience in Science Class. Setting the Scene. Normative Continuity of Aesthetic Experience. Cognitive Continuity of Aesthetic Experience. Continuity of Aesthetic Experience. Transformation of Aesthetic Experiences. The Immediacy of Aesthetic Experiences. Part III: The Role of Aesthetic Experience in Science Education. Widening the Outlook. Educational Consequences. Coda.

O autorze

Per-Olof Wickman