Educational psychologists frequently consider the arts to be emotive forms that might provide satisfaction--but not understanding. This article argues that if cognition is a matter of becoming aware, of perceiving, then the senses and the arts play a crucial role in providing essential resources for education. (Author/WD)

The arts should be part of the core curriculum because human cognition is wider than discourse and because the forms one is able to use define the scope of the reality that one can know. (Author/IRT)