The Necessity of Aesthetic Education According to John Dewey (Relying on the book

Amini, Abdollah

doi:10.22054/wph.2023.67535.2071

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Abdollah Amini

assistant professor. Department of Educational Sciences, University of Kurdistan

https://doi.org/10.22054/wph.2023.67535.2071

Abstract

John Dewey is one of the most important experts in the field of education in the contemporary period, and some of his teachings have become a part of the body of educational systems in the world today. Since education is an integral part of the structure of any society, any weakness in it will weaken the culture of that society. The past educational systems mainly emphasized the intellectual, moral, and religious aspects of education, but nowadays attention to other dimensions, including the aesthetic, critical, and creative dimensions, is seen as a necessity. The reason is that the aesthetic and artistic approach, along with other approaches, can represent the world and its phenomena in a different way for us and provide us with the possibility of experiencing them in a different way. Therefore, in addition to developing intellectual and moral fields, emphasis is also placed on "aesthetic education". The main issue regarding this type of education is that some have only seen it based on the perspective of genius and some based on the perspective of taste; while the aesthetic education of Taaman includes both views. As a result, every successful educational system should pay attention to the development of imagination and the creative dimension of the child's mind, as well as the development of taste to perceive and evaluate beautiful things and works. In the book "Art as an experience" Dewey's work shows attention to both perspectives, on this basis, while reviewing the topics related to aesthetics and the components of aesthetic education, we specifically reread a part of the said work focusing on aesthetic education (based on the perspective of genius and We will discuss the view of taste.

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philosophy

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Wisdom And Philosophy

The Necessity of Aesthetic Education According to John Dewey (Relying on the book "Art as an Experience")

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Volume 19, Issue 74
June 2023
Pages 23-46

The Necessity of Aesthetic Education According to John Dewey (Relying on the book "Art as an Experience")

References

References

Volume 19, Issue 74June 2023Pages 23-46

Volume 19, Issue 74
June 2023
Pages 23-46