Recipient of the 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Learning in and through the arts can develop complex and subtle aspects of the mind, argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. Offering a rich array of examples, he describes different approaches to the teaching of the arts and shows how these refine forms of thinking that are valuable in dealing with our daily life. Information on the Yale University Press website, and portions available online through Google Books.