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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 editors: Moerman, Paul
Parent publication: Proceedings of Bridges 2020 : Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Parent publication editors: Yackel, Carolyn; Torrence, Eve; Fenyvesi, Kristóf; Bosch, Robert; Kaplan, Craig S.
Place and date of conference: Helsinki and Espoo (Online), Finland, 1.-5.8.2020
ISBN: 978-1-938664-36-6
eISBN: 978-1-938664-36-6
Journal or series: Bridges Conference Proceedings
ISSN: 1099-6702
eISSN: 1099-6702
Publication year: 2020
Pages range: 313-320
Publisher: Tessellations Publishing
Place of Publication: Phoenix
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2020/bridges2020-313.pdf
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open 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.
Keywords: works of art; art; mathematics; teaching and instruction; aesthetic education; creative activity; creative methods
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Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 1
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