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Intergrate curriculum in art education, your opinion
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Joan Crane
Jun 29, 2003, 3:53:16 PM6/29/03
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As art teachers, what are your feelings on intergrate art education?
Should we be threatened by it or not cause waves and jump on the band
wagon?
Shouldn't art be taught for its own value, content and curriculum and
not as an instrument to increase academic achievement in other
subjects such as the ones tested to death, i.e. math, reading. and
science. Test results and funding is what it comes down to; what
about a quality, balanced and valuable education? One that doesn't
produce a bunch of robots going through the motions just to get the
grade. What must matters is a society that has creative, productive
citizens that have thought of their own, ones that can think
critically and out of the mechanical box. Lets not deminish the value
of art education by allowing our schools to make instrumental and
intergraded art to be part of the norm. Art should be studied as a
distinct discipline in its own right, not in a subordinate role.
Should we be threatened by it or not cause waves and jump on the band
wagon?
Shouldn't art be taught for its own value, content and curriculum and
not as an instrument to increase academic achievement in other
subjects such as the ones tested to death, i.e. math, reading. and
science. Test results and funding is what it comes down to; what
about a quality, balanced and valuable education? One that doesn't
produce a bunch of robots going through the motions just to get the
grade. What must matters is a society that has creative, productive
citizens that have thought of their own, ones that can think
critically and out of the mechanical box. Lets not deminish the value
of art education by allowing our schools to make instrumental and
intergraded art to be part of the norm. Art should be studied as a
distinct discipline in its own right, not in a subordinate role.
Anyway, those are might thoughts, what are yours? Joan
MIrvin1050
Jun 29, 2003, 5:36:22 PM6/29/03
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<< As art teachers, what are your feelings on intergrate art education?
>><BR><BR>I teach in a fine arts magnet middle school. We try & do both. In fact, there
is an emphasis on integrating all of the arts. Nothing that promotes art is a
threat, in my opinion. Art doen't exist in a vacuum. Art education shouldn't,
either.
brandy
Jul 1, 2003, 11:33:11 PM7/1/03
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joan...@utinet.net (Joan Crane) wrote in message news:<aa8d02ab.03062...@posting.google.com>...
I agree that art education is instrumental and valuable in its own
right. However, integrating art education within the curriculum can
only serve to enhance the connection that art abounds throughout all
facets of our life--from math to literature to dance movement, and
even in science. The more connections a child can make between his or
her existing knowledge and any new information, the better able he or
she is to comprehend concepts and develop an appreciation
for learning. Understanding how art relates to all areas of
curriculum, both functionally and aesthetically, only serves to
reinforce the importance and relevance of art education.
Brandy
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