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Letting Art Teach Aesthetics, Math and Language (2020)


Moerman, P. (2020). Letting Art Teach Aesthetics, Math and Language. In C. Yackel, E. Torrence, K. Fenyvesi, R. Bosch, & C. S. Kaplan (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges 2020 : Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture (pp. 313-320). Tessellations Publishing. Bridges Conference Proceedings. http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2020/bridges2020-313.pdf


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Publication details

All authors or editorsMoerman, Paul

Parent publicationProceedings of Bridges 2020 : Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture

Parent publication editorsYackel, Carolyn; Torrence, Eve; Fenyvesi, Kristóf; Bosch, Robert; Kaplan, Craig S.

Place and date of conferenceHelsinki and Espoo (Online), Finland1.-5.8.2020

ISBN978-1-938664-36-6

eISBN978-1-938664-36-6

Journal or seriesBridges Conference Proceedings

ISSN1099-6702

eISSN1099-6702

Publication year2020

Pages range313-320

PublisherTessellations Publishing

Place of PublicationPhoenix

Publication countryUnited States

Publication languageEnglish

Persistent website addresshttp://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2020/bridges2020-313.pdf

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessOpen Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/71230


Abstract

This papers presents a practical work model as well as an educational theory discussion on the status and potential of art work in teaching and learning math in early childhood education. The central idea is to let the child’s free creative art activity reveal, or “teach”, whatever mathematical thinking was inherent in the creative process. Paying careful attention to art and math adequate language in “meta talks” with children about their art work, is found to be a rich tool in enhancing the young learner’s development of aesthetic, numeric and linguistic literacies in gainful interplay. A field study in preschool teacher education is reviewed, including a mapping of Alan Bishop’s [2] mathematical activities in doing art work, and an interpretation of the work model in line with John Dewey’s [5] and Gert Biesta’s [1] thinking on art as experience and art as education.


Keywordsworks of artartmathematicsteaching and instructionaesthetic educationcreative activitycreative methods


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Reporting Year2020

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