A Study of Mutual Art Appreciation as Cooperative Learning

“How we Understand Art” - A Cognitive Developmental Account of Aesthetic Art Experience in an Elementary School Class

Abstract

Art education is practiced to enrich the sensibility of children, and art appreciation requires children to grasp the work from its beginning to end. In 1987 Parsons published “How we understand art: A cognitive developmental account of aesthetic experience art”. When applied the theory to the art class of elementary school, children’s dialog will ensure deep learning. This new perspective on art appreciation will enhances children’s capacity to create their own aesthetic values through dialog and cooperation with a variety of individuals with different ways of thinking.