Role of the Arts in Learning

<p>Grounded in philosophy from John Dewey and Maxine Greene, this book sheds light on difficulties and practicalities of examining culture and politics within the realm of interdisciplinary education. Providing both theoretical and concrete examples of the importance of a contemporary arts education, this book offers imaginative ways the arts and sciences intersect with democratic learning and civic engagement. Chapters focus on education in relation to diversity, apprenticeship, and civic engagement; neuroscience and cognition; urban aesthetic experience and learning; and science and art intelligence.</p> <p>Foreword </p><p>Janyce Hyatt</p><p>Preface </p><p>Jay Michael Hanes and Eleanor Weisman, Editors</p><p>Chapter 1 </p><p>Introduction: Education, the Arts, and Resistance to the Neoliberal Condition</p><p>Jay Michael Hanes and Eleanor Weisman</p><p>Chapter 2 </p><p>Becoming a Deweyan Apprentice: A Struggle against White Supremacy</p><p>Bill Bywater</p><p>Chapter 3 </p><p>From Grief, Find Your Peace: Steve Prince and <i>The Big Zipper</i> Community</p><p>Steve Prince and Beth McCoy</p><p>Chapter 4 </p><p>Chicago Consciousness: Democratic Reform, the Built Environment, and Sensorimotor Awareness</p><p>David C. Miller</p><p>Chapter 5 </p><p>Devising Theatre: Imagination Meets Citizenship</p><p>Roberta Levine</p><p>Chapter 6 </p><p>Flowers for Feynman: Natural Piety and the Aesthetics of Experience in the Experimental Spirit</p><p>Tibor Solymosi</p><p>Chapter 7 </p><p>Inhibition as Fundamental: From Synapse to Classroom</p><p>Jeff Hollerman</p><p>Chapter 8 </p><p>Coping Creatively, Imagining Democracy: Expressive Arts Therapy in an Urban Public School</p><p>Jessa M. Goldstein</p><p>Chapter 9 </p><p>Disturbing the Peace: Community, Justice Learning, and Democratic Participation with Communities of Color</p><p>Heather Cherie Moore</p><p>Chapter 10 </p><p>Get Woke: Radicalizing Imagination in the Interest of a Just Democracy </p><p>Morna McDermott</p><p>List of Contributors </p>