Arts Program
Benefits:
Arts curricula offer many
approaches to subject matter, therefore, they provide boner learning
opportunities for low-achieving and problem students. Arts
experiences can also help students find satisfaction and success in
school, two essential elements for the learning process.
J.T. Darby and J.S. Catterall
'The Fourth R: The Art and Learning',
Teachers College Record. 1994
Art is Vital to Human
Growth:
A qualitative inquiry concluded
that the arts are a vital and necessary part of developmental,
intellectual, social and aesthetic growth, and should be included as
part of the regular education of every child.
J.E. Newman. What Happens When Art Isn't Absent.
The Influence of an Arts-Integrated Curriculum on
Second and Fourth Grade Students enrolled in a K4 Visual and
Performing Arts Magnet School,
DAJ. University of Denver, 1996
Art Prepares Students for
College:
The arts have far-reaching
potential to help students achieve education goals. Students of the
arts Continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the Scholastic
Assessment Test, according to the College Entrance Examination Board.
In 1995, SAT scores for students who had studied the aft more then
four years were 59 points higher on the verbal and 44 points higher
on the math portion than students with no course work or experience
in the arts.
The College Board, Profile of SAT
and Achievement Test Takers. 1995.
A study that compared instrumental
music as a performing art to selected non-music areas, including
mathematics, language arts and reading revealed a significant
difference between the two groupings. Those involved in instrumental
music scored significantly higher on standardized tests
(TEAM).
Trent, D E. "The Impact of Instrumental Music
Education an Academic Achievement'.
DA]. East Texas State University. 1996
Arts Foster Critical
Thinking:
Analysis of a qualitative study
indicated that the use of different forms of representation fosters
the practice of visual thinking, narrative thinking, metaphorical
thinking, reflective thinking, multisensory thinking and knowledge
integration in an eighth grade social studies curricular
unit,
Maria Albeit. 'Impact of an Arts Integrated Social Studies
Curriculum an Eighth Graders' Thinking Capacities',
DAL University of Kentucky. 1995
Art Enhances
Intelligence:
A three-year study reports on
outcomes for the Different Ways of Knowing program at four sites in
the Los Angeles and Boston areas. Positive effects were shown for
student achievement, motivation and engagement in a thematic,
interdisciplinary curriculum that incorporated the arts.
Cafterall, James. Different Ways of Knowing:
1991-94 National Longitudinal Study Final Report. 1995.
Arts programs develop emotional
intelligence. Daniel Goleman writes that people with high IQ flounder
while those with emotional intelligence fare far better in
professional careers. Emotional intelligence includes self--awareness
and impulse control, persistence, zeal and self-motivation, empathy
and social deftness.
Goleman, D. Emotional
intelligence. 1995.
Art Builds Self
Concept:
Self Concept is positively
enhanced through the arts, according to a review of 57 studies, as
are language acquisition, cognitive development, critical thinking
ability and social skills. The author examined studies of measurable
results in the emotional and social development of children. The
relationship between music participation and self concept was
strongly in evidence.
J. Trusty and G.M. Oliva,
The Effects of Arts and Music Education on Student's Self-Concept.1994
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professional development tool that supports teachers in
refining their expertise. Through an inquiry process,
teachers develop questions pertinent to their classroom
practices, gather evidence to answer those questions and
share the results in a learning community.
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