Arts in education
Encyclopedia
Arts in Education is an expanding field of educational research
and practice informed by investigations into learning
through arts
experiences. It is distinguished from art education
by being not so much about teaching art, but focused on:
Arts integrated learning is a way to teach artistic skills in conjunction with academic material. this approach to education values the process and experiential learning as much as creation of art object or performance oriented learning.
Educational research
Educational research refers to a variety of methods, in which individuals evaluate different aspects of education including but not limited to: “student learning, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics”....
and practice informed by investigations into learning
Learning
Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
through arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
experiences. It is distinguished from art education
Art education
Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...
by being not so much about teaching art, but focused on:
- how to improve learning through the arts
- how to transfer learning in and through the arts to other disciplines
- discovering and creating understanding of human behavior, thinking, potential, and learning especially through the close observation of works of art and various forms of involvement in arts experiences
Arts integrated learning is a way to teach artistic skills in conjunction with academic material. this approach to education values the process and experiential learning as much as creation of art object or performance oriented learning.
External links
- The Arts in Education Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education
- New Horizons on Learning - Arts in Education
- The Creative College: building a successful learning culture in the arts
- Arts curricula and other resources for parents and teachers
- Learning Through the Arts a Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Education
- Teaching Artists Organized
- Performing Arts Workshop in San Francisco
- InsideOut Arts Providers of San Francisco Directory