Art Education

These courses teach students specific technical and thinking skills needed to succeed in school and college. Students need to have the chance to be creative, too, though. Budget cuts and limited funding can cause problems for school arts programs, but many people are willing to support arts education in public schools if they see how much it really benefits the students. Courses in the arts deserve just as much appreciation and recognition of just how important they are to students’ lives as math, science, history, and literature

This academic journal article covers the methodology and findings from two different After-School art programs. The National Arts and Youth Demonstration Project (NAYDP) in Canada and The Tampa Arts and Youth Demonstration Project (TAYDP) in the United States. The TAYDP was ideally compare to the Canadian After-School art program because of its similarities with children from low-income multicultural communities. This program report represents one of the few well-controlled evaluations of a after school art programs for low-income children. The focused of this study was on the positive benefits that an After-School program can have on children and youths growing up in low-income neighborhoods. Furthermore, it evaluated whether

Art education is different for each individual. Some individuals have a formal art education that includes weekly, sometimes daily, lessons, while some students receive one week of the year dedicated to art and taught by their homeroom teacher after state testing. I was a teacher’s kid that knew how to craft and get all of the paint supplies out of the class. However, I was never taught the importance of holding my brush a certain way or the difference between foreground and background. Once I made it to high school, I was required to take an art history class and once again in college. My eyes were open to how art has changed over the years, but it’s impact on our nation’s history. Another form of art that I have been exposed to is dance. I began dance when I was eighteen months old and continued for twenty years. I am trained in multiple styles including jazz, tap, lyrical, clogging, and ballet. Through dance, I have gain a greater appreciation for the practice and spend time watching So You Think You Can Dance to learn the different types of dance from around the world. Art has the ability to make a significant impact on each life differently and diversely. Dr. Pamela Stephens (2007) encourages teachers to look beyond the curricular benefits of teaching art, and notice the way art can connect individuals with a unique way of expressing their personal growth.

Why are art classes the first to be cut in schools? It is not only because they have large budgets, but also school administrators do not realize they are necessary to the curriculum. As these cuts are being made, it is causing children and students to be less cultured and hinders their creative ability, which will help in their future careers. Therefore, it is important to have art classes in schools so children stay in school and are interested, can develop skills which will further their education, and develop skills to help with life and future careers.

Supporters argue that art classes teach the very qualities that educators believe can reinvigorate American schools: analytical thinking, teamwork, motivation, and self-discipline. “Art education improves overall academic performance of students, including the common core academic subjects. Students who took four years of art classes scored 91 points higher on their SAT exams than those who took half a year or less.” The report conducted by the Center for Arts Education noted that schools with a solid arts program had higher graduation rates. The report analyzed data collected by New York City Education Department from more than 200 schools over two years, reported that schools ranked in the top third by graduation rates offered students the most access to arts education and resources. While schools in the bottom third offered the least access and fewest resources. Schools in the top third typically hired forty percent more certified arts teachers and offered forty percent more classrooms dedicated to course work in the arts than bottom-ranked schools. The full report is at caenyc.org. California State University study found a link between art and literacy. “The people who were art majors had the highest reading scores.” An art major can ask provocative questions, can challenge their own beliefs, point of view, engage in intellectual discussions, generate hypotheses, familiar with discipline's vocabulary,

(2013). Why the arts don't do anything: Toward a new vision for cultural production in education. Harvard Educational Review, 83(1), 211 236, 265. Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.socccd .edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/doc view/1326778756?accountid=39855

There are numerous benefits of investing in arts education, especially for elementary school-aged children. Arts education has been linked to creativity (Andersen, 2004; Leonhard, 1990). In art classes, children can explore and use their imaginations. Art classes allow children to create new

"When you think about the purpose of education, there are three. We're preparing kids for jobs. We're preparing them to be citizens. And we're teaching them to be human beings who can enjoy the deeper forms of beauty. The third is as important as the other two," says Tom Horne, the state superintendent of public instruction in Arizona.

When this writer transitioned from daycare teacher to elementary school substitute, she was surprised to see how much the use of the arts was lacking at this stage in education. From personal observation and experience, this researcher has witnessed the positive effect that the arts have on learning. The arts are not limited to drawings alone but also music, movement and drama. As a child this writer had opportunities to express herself through art while in elementary school and the academic benefits were tremendous. This writer vividly remembers doing art projects to reinforce the learning being done in the class. These projects included, making posters, dioramas, sculptures and paintings, all of which helped increase reading and writing skills as well as strengthening math and science comprehension. Through this positive experience, the writer has a personal connection to conduct action research on this

There are many institutions for criminal juveniles, how are we to know which is actually beneficial and which are a waste of time and resources.  In research of these different institutions I have collected a few different approaches when it comes to these institutions.  There are advantages and disadvantages to every program that is available but we must look to the numbers to see a program’s worth in its effectiveness.  There are a many different types of programs because not every juvenile needs one method of assistant.  The wider we cast the net the more we can help. When juveniles are taken to a detention center one must remember that they are being taken from their home and family members and placed into these facilities as we do

I think that art education is important in pre college education. There are many arguments that are for and against art education. There are things that are useful that can be taken from an arts education class in pre college education.

The researchers do a thorough job discussing the research they performed in the juvenile detention center. Overall, the interpretation of their findings is discussed thoroughly touching on all aspects of the article. Their findings are appropriate in context with the culture they researched, they interpret major findings, discuss their limitations, and the research supported transferability.

1. Of the Eight reasons listed in Chapter one (pages 1-10 in text) for reasons that art is important in a

Art Education is an intricate dance between what is needed, wanted, and reflected by society. The ancient Greeks had a belief that those who created, such as a craftsman, should be shown little respect or appreciation. The importance was placed on music and the affluent did not participate in the visual arts. Even though there was resistance, Plato was a visual arts advocate and the Greek’s granted visual arts its own curriculum. The Romans maintained this position on the visual arts. However, in the Middle Ages, monks began to practice art; such as the Illuminated Manuscripts. They would then train others extensively in apprenticeships. New technologies, brought new processes that were taught in this same time consuming workshop fashion. The Renaissance, and its focus on beauty and the figure, brought a new attitude of respect and admiration for the visual arts. It was taught as classical training along with the workshops. The French developed a more structured way of how and what was to be taught concerning the visual arts in their own academies. However, all of these advances were mostly only available to the rich. This attitude was carried into colonial America where art was taught as a “luxury pursuit” (Efland, 1990) that was not deemed as very lucrative.

In recent years there have been many events that have lead to the decline of arts funding. First, was the budget cuts due to the recession of 2008. “The problem within the public school districts is the decline of their arts education programs. In many cases, arts programs were among the first to go” (Ramos 1).