Several factors are diluting the potential significance of aesthetic experience within schools. If teacher educators can help student teachers understand the value of aesthetic experience for themselves and their students, the viability of arts within the public schools may be ensured. (MT)

The suggestion to equate values with purpose is considered. The advantage of value development over moral development is that values apply to a broader category of ideas while morality has a more confined and narrow application. All students and teachers should attempt to become both creators and appreciators of values. (JN)