This book argues the importance of aesthetic literacies in learning and teaching in schools for future work. The study of aesthetics is critical in today’s learning, due to the increasingly complex ways in which we communicate meaning, such as through the presentation of texts and objects. The book provides educators, pre-service teachers, and students an in-depth understanding of aesthetic literacies in innovative spaces, including in philosophical literature, environmental spaces, curricula and classrooms. Using various theoretical frames from both the arts and literacy fields, this book shares relevant pedagogies, theorisations and contexts where aesthetic literacies are at the core of learning. It emphasises how improved knowledge of aesthetics and quality experiences in beauty are vital in aiding students and young children develop the necessary resilience and tolerance needed in today’s uncertain world. 

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Dr Georgina Barton is a Professor of literacies and pedagogy in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. She was a teacher and leader in schools for over 20 years, including as Head of the Arts. Her research areas include literacies, multimodality, and the arts in education, often working with socio-cultural diverse groups using arts-based research methods.