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How The Conception Of Knowledge Influences Our Educational Practices: Toward A Philosophical Understanding Of Epistemology In Education, James Magrini
How The Conception Of Knowledge Influences Our Educational Practices: Toward A Philosophical Understanding Of Epistemology In Education, James Magrini
Philosophy Scholarship
This paper explores how the conception and valuation of the knowledge within our educational practices determines the planning, writing, and implementation of the curriculum. There is a pressing need for educators to philosophically and systematically understand the relationship between the foundational epistemological beliefs that ground a curriculum and its relationship to forming the notions of competency, pedagogy, and the methods for evaluating and assessing student progress. These issues are not only relevant, but crucial when attempting to justify a particular conception of education, which relates directly to the student's potential for intellectual growth and social development. It may be argued …
Review Of "Art And Cognition: Integrating The Visual Arts In The Curriculum" By Arthur Efland, James Haywood Rolling
Review Of "Art And Cognition: Integrating The Visual Arts In The Curriculum" By Arthur Efland, James Haywood Rolling
Teaching and Leadership - All Scholarship
This is a review of Arthur D. Efland’s 2002 book, "Art and Cognition: Integrating the Visual Arts in the Curriculum," which sets for itself the admirable task of coherently mapping variously situated theories of cognition, and from an integration of those theories, modeling a rationale for the necessary integration of arts learning in general education curriculum.