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Elliot W. Eisner was an influential educational theorist and scholar, known for his work in the field of educational evaluation. Born on March 10, 1933, and passing away on January 10, 2014, Eisner is renowned for his research on the role of assessment and the arts in education.

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“The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem-solving, purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity.”

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“Minds, unlike brains, are not entirely given at birth. Minds are also forms of cultural achievement.”

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Book:Reimagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot W. Eisner

Source: Reimagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot W. Eisner

“All art forms employ some means through which images become real.”

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“The arts make vivid the fact that words do not, in their literal form or number, exhaust what we can know. The limits of our language do not define the limits of our cognition.”

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Author:Elliot W. Eisner

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Born: March 10, 1933
Died: January 10, 2014
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Quotes: 26

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