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Eisner, Elliot W. – 2002
This book contends that although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are in fact critically important for developing complex aspects of the mind. The book aims to dispel the idea that the arts are somehow intellectually undemanding. It argues that many of the most subtle forms of thinking take…
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