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What is arts in education?
What is arts in education?
Arts in education, also known as arts
integration, is a type of teaching
and learning in which educators and
artists collaboratively use the visual
and performing
arts as
a tool to teach other core subjects,
such as reading, writing, math, science,
and social studies. Projects focus
on the integrated study of the arts
and non-arts subjects and use a co-teaching
method to mesh the arts content with
the curriculum content. See a glossary
of arts-in-ed terms.
Why
integrate?
Many educators believe that arts integration
helps educate the whole child and
develops a better-rounded individual.
Integrating arts into the curriculum
fosters greater understanding and
more sustained knowledge. The arts
help learning to become meaningful
and relevant by tapping into the profound
and complex intellectual and emotional
processes involved in learning the
arts.
Who
can benefit from arts in ed?
The arts have the capacity to reach
students who are not fully engaged
by other school subjects and experiences,
and students who typically have
difficulty learning in school. Because
the arts draw on a variety of intelligences
(see
more about Multiple Intelligences),
students have the opportunity
to learn in ways that work best
for them. Of course, there is
no one "magic"
approach that works with every single
child, but arts in education offers
many avenues to enhance learning,
and is adaptable to a wide variety
of classroom situations.
One of the great
strengths and joys of arts in ed is
that everyone learns – teachers,
artists, and students.
How
can my child benefit?
The arts can foster critical thinking,
creative expression, cross-cultural
understanding, and academic achievement.
The kinds of thinking skills and capacities
students develop in the arts strengthen
learning and development in other
areas of school and life. Recent
research shows that looking at
art and hands-on art making helps
students build important critical-thinking
and literacy skills.
What
about Standards? Will students be
ready for tests?
Integrating arts into other subjects
can create a "whole" standards-based
curriculum by developing higher-level
thinking skills across the curriculum
while also preparing students for
the challenges of state testing. PAE-funded
arts-in-ed partnerships are based
on the NYS
State Standards, which are embedded
in both the arts and non-arts aspects
of the projects.
How
would using arts in ed affect my teaching?
Teachers report that teaching through
the arts increases their own satisfaction
and makes for more powerful learning
in their classrooms. Many teachers
are pleasantly surprised to see a
different side of students than they
had seen before, and to gain a fuller
understanding of them and their unique
abilities. It offers the opportunity
to develop new skills and techniques
to increase success for all students,
and for enriching life-long learning.
This
sounds good, but can any of it be
proven?
There is much ongoing research on
the effects of the arts on children’s
learning. Studies show that there
is a direct link between the arts
and student achievement. Students
who study the arts develop critical
thinking skills, problem-solving techniques,
and a drive for excellence. Read
what the National PTA has to say.
How can
I find out more?
Here are some arts-in-education resources:
Empire
State Partnerships
Arts Education at Americans for the
Arts
Arts
Education Partnership
Chicago
Arts Partnerships in Education
Arts
for Learning
"Champions
of Change - The Impact of the
Arts on Learning"
Learning
Through Art at the Guggenheim
Museum
Keep Arts in Schools
More info on PAE's website:
Model Partnerships
CNY
Arts in Ed Grants (art$TART)
NYS
Arts in Ed Grants (School Arts Partnerships)
What
kinds of projects receive funding?
How
we review grants
Who has received grants? in
Central NY in
NY State
Read or listen
to an interview with Laura Reeder
about PAE.
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