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What does it mean?
Education thrives when students experience aesthetic appreciation.
In plain terms
Beauty is essential to true education.
What can you take from it?
Use beauty to engage and teach effectively.

Where it applies

  • teaching
  • curriculum design
  • art education

Putting it to work

  • incorporate art in lessons
  • envourage environments
  • teach through beauty

Questions to consider

  • How does beauty affect your learning?
  • What role does art play in school?

Another view

Education also requires logic and discipline beyond beauty.

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