ReadingLog

a)Whatisthemainideaorunderlyingvalueinthetext?
b)Whatistheauthorspurposeorperspective?
c)Whatdoes(aparticularphrase)mean?
d)Whatmightbeagoodtitleforthisportionofthetext?
f)Whatisthemostimportantword/sentence/paragraph?
g)Istheresomethinginthetextthatisuncleartoyou?
h)Hasanythinginthetextchangedyourwayofthinking?
i)Howdotheideasinthetextrelatetoseniorswhoareabouttograduate?
j)Whatdotheymeantoyoupersonally?
k)Whyisthismaterialimportant?
l)Isitrightthat.?Doyouagreewiththeauthor?

Book:
TheArtsandCreationoftheMind

By:ElliotEisner

Question:
Response
l.)Accordingtotheauthor,howdothearts
affectconsciousness,anddoyouagreewith
theauthor?(19)

Accordingtotheauthortheyrefineour
sensessothatourabilitytoexperiencethe
worldismademorecomplexand
subtle(19).Iagreewiththisbecauseafter
learningaboutthearts,andhowtopaintI
startedtoseetheworldinadifferentway,
andbegantoseebeautyinthesimplest
things.

d.)Whatmightbeagoodtitleforthisportion
ofthetext?(15)

Agoodtitleforthissectionwouldbe
Representation.

I.)Isitrightthattheartisticimpulsecomes
fromtheunconsciousmind?Doyouagree
withtheauthor?

Ithinkthattosomeextenttheartisticimpulse
isunconscious,butalsoinordertocreate
worksofart,andknowwhatyouaredoingit
issomethingthatreallyhastobethought
about.

h.)Hasanythinginthetextchangedyour
wayofthinking?

Yes,IfeelthatIhavelearnedvaluable
information,ididnotknowbeforethat
preschoolers,ifexposedtoclassicalmusic
severaltimesaweek,areproventodobetter
ontests.

a.)Whatisthemainideaorunderlyingvalue
inthetext?

Theunderlyingvalueinthetextisthathaving
artscourseincorporatedintoeverydaylife
canbehighlybeneficialtosomeones
intellectualstatus.

b.)Whatistheauthorsperspectiveor
purpose?
b.)

Theauthorpurposeistoconvincehis
readersofhowimportanttheartsreallyare
whenitcomestolearning.

c.)WhatdoesIexpectthateachofthese
principleswillhavedifferentdegreesof
prominenceindifferentsettings(45)mean?

Hemeanstosaythatotherschoolsubjects
likeenglish,math,andscienceallhavetheir
ownrolesinsociety,justlikeartdoes.

g.)Istheresomethinginthetextthatis
uncleartoyou?

Ididntunderstandthestancehebroughtup
onpeoplethinkingthatteachingartwouldbe
counterintuitive.

i.)Howdotheideasinthetexttoseniorswho Theyrelatetoseniorsbecausenowthatwe
areabouttograduate?
aregoingofftocollegetherearenew
opportunitiestotakecoursesaboutart,and
wemightwanttochoosethosecoursesnow
thatwehavethisknowledge.
j)Whatdotheymeantoyoupersonally?

PersonallyIappreciateallofthepointsmade
throughoutthebookbecausenotonlydidI
learnsomethingaboutmypassion,butIhave
abetterunderstandingofittoexplainitto
others.