The text is a hermeneutic and field theory analysis of events that occurred during the first of two doctoral degree programs at a major state university. The study considers challenges to traditional curriculum in higher education and possible links to conflicts occurring at some major university campuses.

Aesthetic Conflict and the Evolution of a Riot

Impact of Dewey's Global Movement and the Rise and Fall of a Tradition in Higher EducationBy B. Marie Brady-Whitcanack

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Copyright © 2011 B. Marie Brady-Whitcanack, Ph.D.
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ISBN: 978-1-4567-3561-6

Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................1Purpose.........................................................................................................................16Objectives......................................................................................................................17Research Questions..............................................................................................................18Assumptions.....................................................................................................................19Limitations.....................................................................................................................20Significance of the Study.......................................................................................................21CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY...........................................................................................................27General Considerations About Hermeneutics.......................................................................................29Patterns of Thought as Phenomenological Research................................................................................33Key Elements of Phenomenological Research.......................................................................................34Rules of Validity and Reliability...............................................................................................35Validation......................................................................................................................36Method of Data Collection.......................................................................................................36Concepts of Continuous Literature Review........................................................................................36Major Assumptions of Phenomenological Hermeneutics..............................................................................38Critical Theory.................................................................................................................38Summary Considerations of the Design Methodology................................................................................39General Concepts in Qualitative Research........................................................................................40CHAPTER 3 REVIEW OF LITERATURE..................................................................................................49Aesthetics as a Philosophy of Being.............................................................................................49Questions About Aesthetics Education............................................................................................53Jung's Hermeneutic of Doctrine..................................................................................................56Art and Aesthetic Education as a National Agenda................................................................................63Discussion of Core Knowledge Programs and the Arts..............................................................................64Phenomenological Aesthetics and the Scottish Enlightenment......................................................................66Dewey's Aesthetics Philosophy...................................................................................................76Dewey's Reconstruction Theory...................................................................................................84Aesthetics in the Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum.......................................................................90Introduction....................................................................................................................95Development of a Concept of Simultaneity and Multidimensionality in Aesthetic Cognition.........................................110The Phenomenological Studio and Evoking a State of Mind.........................................................................117The Music.......................................................................................................................119Mobbing at Iowa State University................................................................................................129Defining Aesthetics.............................................................................................................131Restating the Problem...........................................................................................................132Jungian Analytical Psychology as Hermeneutic of Doctrine in Phenomenological Research...........................................138Examples of Arts-Based Genre in Jung's Three Components of Analysis.............................................................139Summary Reflections.............................................................................................................144Introduction....................................................................................................................147Animalistic Paganism or Puer Aeternus...........................................................................................152Elements of Critical Thinking...................................................................................................157Process of Critical Thinking....................................................................................................158Phases of Critical Thinking.....................................................................................................159Relevance of Past Historical Perspectives.......................................................................................165Credibility of an Observation...................................................................................................166The Management Process..........................................................................................................170Credibility of a Written Source.................................................................................................170Choosing or Resolving Available Alternatives....................................................................................172Dimensions of Verstehen.........................................................................................................173The Strength of a Conclusion....................................................................................................188Discourse for Truth.............................................................................................................189Reciprocal Understanding Through Hermeneutics...................................................................................192Critique of Tension and Conflict in Social Reality..............................................................................194A Concluding Call to Action.....................................................................................................195APPENDIX: PORTRAYAL OF ARTS-BASED GENRE IN WORKS OF FINE...