Post on 06-May-2015
The Importance of Art in Education
Lisa D’Angelo
The Education Hierarchy
Math/ Science
Language
Humanities
Art
Why?
Not Only Visual Arts…
Why is art in education important?
Children have remarkable creative capacities
Creativity leads to innovation
Self Expression
Creates responsibility
Develop self esteem
Become involved with curiosity
We are not educating students whole beings
Creativity?
Innovation?
Expression?
How is this impacting K-12 education?
What can be learned from the arts?
Form and Content cannot be separated
Everything interacts ex: color
Details matter ex: squares
Next
Color
What a color looks like depends upon what colors are around it…
color
color
color
Squares
What is being done?
Community involvement
Possible Future Directions
Art integrated curriculum
Raising arts education up to the standards of a “core class”
Conclusion
We need to rethink our views of intelligence
Funding
Staffing
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Pablo Picasso
References
Images:
Name: colored_pencils.jpg
Author: nojhan
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nojhan/3391210345/
Name: Picasso.jpg
Author: teadrinker
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14945397@N00/2084669164/
References cont.
Name: girl_playing_piano.jpg
Author: Tranuf
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tranuf/304461961/
Name: children_on_stage.jpg
Author: Kees van Mansom
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spijker/2688865439/
References cont.
Name: children_dancing.jpg
Author: Oude School
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oudeschool/414726015/
Name: girl.jpg
Author: Joe Lencioni
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lencioni/1583386572/
References cont.
The Kennedy Center. A Place For Art [A Report on the Status of DCPS Elementary Arts Programs] DCPS—Kennedy Center Arts Education Initiative Phase One Report, 2002–2003
Robinson, Ken. TED Ideas Worth Spreading. www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html