TAILIEUCHUNG - Beyond Control and Rationality: Dewey, Aesthetics, Motivation, and Educative Experiences

Contemporary perspectives in psychology and education characterize ideal students as rational and in control of their thinking and actions. The good student is often described as intentional, cognitive, metacognitive, critical, and reflective. I begin with a brief history of control and ratio- nality to establish how “The Tradition” is deeply rooted in philosophy, religion, and, in gen- eral, the story of Western civilization. Although these qualities are indeed important, I suggest that powerful educative experiences can neither be fully explained nor evoked if learners exercise only logical reasoning and self-control. I call on the aesthetic philosophy of Dewey and others. | 66485b_TCR_Jan07 10 26 06 9 37 AM Page 1 Beyond Control and Rationality Dewey Aesthetics Motivation and Educative Experiences DAVID WONG Michigan State University Contemporary perspectives in psychology and education characterize ideal students as rational and in control of their thinking and actions. The good student is often described as intentional cognitive metacognitive critical and reflective. I begin with a brief history of control and rationality to establish how The Tradition is deeply rooted in philosophy religion and in general the story of Western civilization. Although these qualities are indeed important I suggest that powerful educative experiences can neither be fully explained nor evoked if learners exercise only logical reasoning and self-control. I call on the aesthetic philosophy of Dewey and others to propose that transformative compelling experiences require not only the rational intentional processes of acting on the world but also the non-rational receptive process of undergoing. Dewey s aesthetic experience as desrnbed in Art as Experience integrates both the rational and non-rational and self-control and its opposite. In the implications section I propose that antic-ipation the imaginative sensing of possibility as an important new motivation construct because it captures the aesthetic qualities of engaging educative experiences. I also discuss conditions that could support these kinds of experiences in the classroom. I conclude with a few provocative ideas a new view of autonomy the essential role of faith in education value without work suffering is passion and responsibility redefined. CONTROL AND RATIONALITY IN PHILOSOPHY THE TRADITION A few examples from Western philosophy illustrate how control and rationality are sine qua non to our image of the good student. Called the Tradition by Rorty 1982 the history of philosophy has promoted the value of thought based on logos since the time of early Greek philosophy. We can turn first to .

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