Art skills lead to thinking skills:
Elliot Eisner, an education professor at Stanford U. has spent his career
studying the mental abilities and disciplines developed by the arts. Here
are a few items from his impressive list:
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(That's most of the problems we'll ever encounter in life)
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to analyze a problem from many different viewpoints.
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to absorb new information even while immersed in a project.
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to change strategies and even set new goals, if that's what
new information demands.
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to make good judgements in the absence of fixed rules.
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to work with others toward a common goal (Sports do this too,
but we can't all be athletes. And in theater -- or any art -- everyone can
be a winner).
NSCERTMAP.0 PASS.xx PROCESS RAW about.tar artsednet.Dec01 comment.out daemonstat.192.215.101.10.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.50.9995 daemonstat.192.215.101.51.80 daemonstat.192.215.101.9.80 daemonstat.any.9999 global.tar hypermail.err hypermail.log lock.https-admserv.9999 lock.https-trustee.getty.edu.9999 ps_data wtmp.out wtmp.stat The ability to imagine what doesn't yet exist. (It's easy to assume
imagination is something you're either born with or not, but actually, like
any faculty, it can be nurtured or neglected, flourish or wither....)
I don't know if this article is still online - I had printed it off and then
found it when I cleaned out my bag today! :-)
~Michal
whest177@wheatstate.com
http://www.geocities.com/theartkids
