Cognition and Curriculum Reconsidered

by Elliot W. Eisner

Book Overview

In his 1980 John Dewey Lecture, Elliot Eisner argued powerfully and eloquently for a view of literacy that goes beyond verbal and numerical skills, focusing instead on the central role of the senses in the twin processes of human conceptualization and expression. A few years later, Professor Eisner elaborated and expanded that lecture into Cognition and Curriculum, a book that was hailed as having the potential to "shake up educational decision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807733105
• ISBN13: 9780807733103
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"