Creative Activity and Learning

Authors

  • Flora E. Cunningham

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v13i1.43783

Abstract

The nature of the learning which accrues as a result of creative activity is explained variously by aesthetic philosophers. Each of three approaches - appreciative, experiential, and cognitive-is valid for particular educational situations. Each theory-D. W. Gotshalk, John Dewey, Susanne Langer-is explained in relation to an educational purpose showing the rationale for creative activity, suggestions for curriculum planning and teaching methods, and the corresponding direction
for learning.

Author Biography

Flora E. Cunningham

Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Published

2018-05-11

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Section

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