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Elliot Eisner

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Eisner Born?

a)

Chicago, Illinois

b)

New York, New York

c)

Miami, Florida

d)

Indianapolis, Indiana

2.

Eisner Had (a)   points about how to teach.

3.

Eisner had more of an ____ approach to music education.

a)

praxial

b)

utilitarian

c)

Musicking

d)

aesthetic

4.

Eisner got an (a)   degree from Roosevelt College of Chicago.

5.

The arts’ position in the school curriculum symbolizes what?

a)

nothing

b)

what adults believe is important

c)

what they need to eat for breakfast

d)

what is unimportant to adults

6.

The arts teach students...

a)

there is no relation to other things because nothing is ever connected

b)

that nothing matters

c)

that small differences can have large effects

d)

actions can have consequences sometimes, but not all the time

7.

The arts teach children....

a)

to make good judgments about qualitative relationships

b)

that the people we let into our lives don't affect us

c)

that relationships are overrated and we only need ourselves

d)

that music cannot be as important as other subjects.

8.

The arts teach children.....

a)

that they can never have a career in this field because it is too unstable.

b)

that there is only one correct answer to all of life's issues

c)

that problems can have more than one solution and those questions can have more than one answer

d)

that they cannot make mistakes because life will never let them live it down.

9.

Eisner believed that the arts need to be included in every subject to help with students' development of critical thinking skills according to Eisner.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem-solving purposes are not seldom fixed or changed with circumstances and opportunities. Learning in the arts doesn't really require the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds according to Eisner.

a)

True

b)

False