DEFENDING AESTHETIC EDUCATION

Sport and Physical Education as a Means of Aesthetic Education

Aesthetics, the study of the philosophy of beauty, is not commonly thought of as a factor in the sporting education. It can be surprising therefore to find that sport and physical education provide innumerable opportunities for increasing aesthetic awareness. An aesthetic education can be attempted through the medium of the senses visual, musical, verbal and physical. It is the "physical" aspec...

Democratizing Higher Education: Defending & Extending Income Based Repayment Programs

Defending science education against intelligent design: a call to action.

We review here the current political landscape and our own efforts to address the attempts to undermine science education in Wisconsin. To mount an effective response, expertise in evolutionary biology and in the history of the public controversy is useful but not essential. However, entering the fray requires a minimal tool kit of information. Here, we summarize some of the scientific and lega...

Toward How to Add an Aesthetic Image to Mathematics Education

The goal of this paper is to suggest how an aesthetic image can be added to mathematics education. Calls for reform in mathematics education (e.g., National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, 1989, 2000) are premised on shifting teacher attention from an absolutist toward a social constructivist philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education. The goal of reform is success for all student...

Aesthetic surgery training: the role of art education.

After initiating a trial series of art classes for plastic surgery residents, the authors recommend that art education, including hands-on training and art appreciation, becomes part of an aesthetic surgery training curriculum.