THE IMPORTANCE OF ART EDUCATION

THINKING SKILLS USED IN ART :

INVENTION

EXPLORATION

EXPERIMENTATION

IMAGINATION

THINKING SKILLS IN ART BECOME THE FOUNDATION FOR :

THINKING PATTERNS AND ABILITIES THAT TRANSFER TO OTHER AREAS OF LIFE.

BENEFITS OF ART :

Motor skills

Cognitive skills

Visual learning

Inventiveness

People skills

Motor skillsMotions involved in making art, are essential for fineMotor skills.

Pencil

Paint brush

Clay sculptures

Finger painting

Paper and scissors…

Cognitive skills

Creative thinking

Problem solving

Making decisions

Risk-taking

Fine arts provide benefits wichInfluence into other parts of life : Promoting

Self-steemMotivationFocus

Visual learning

DRAWINGPAINTINGESCULPTING

developeVISUAL-SPATIAL skills

ART EDUCATION teaches students to : interpret criticize VISUAL INFORMATION use

help kids become SMART CONSUMERSGRAPHIC SYMBOLISM

Inventiveness

Practise

THINKINGCREATIVELY

for their future careers

Art allows kids to express themselves,Take risks and develope a sense of :

INNOVATIONandCREATIVITY

People skills

Students learn that their contributionto the group is integral to its success

COLLABORATION

WORK AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM

Sense of wonderFlexibilityFairness

Contribution…

Age,sex or origin does not matter,only the qualityof the work does.

Howard Gadner suggests there are more than two intelligences (logical-mathematical and linguistic.) :

BODILY-KINESTHETICMUSICALSPATIALINTERPERSONALINTRAPERSONAL

ARTS in the school offers to students :

•Opportunities of develope diferent “intelligences”•Different ways of expressing thoughts,experiences and feelings.

Attitudes they will need to contribute to modern world.

“SCIENCE GIVES US ORDER IN THOUGHTS,MORALITY GIVES US ORDER IN ACTIONS,ART GIVES US ORDER IN APPREHENSION

OF VISIBLE,TANGIBLE AND AUDIBLE APPEARIANCES.”

ERNST CASSIRER