...Arts Education Art is important in education and can provide students with a great education. It can make a person unique in their own way. I had art in junior high and high school, and I learned a lot from my art classes. Art taught me valuable things, such as creativity and social skills. It helped build my skills up step by step. I always had fun in art education because it relaxed me and reduced stress. Art can help students before they take a test by relaxing them. I like drawing because it helps me be more focused. Many other people may think that art is not necessary in education but I think it can help students everywhere. I believe that art education is important because it improves academic performance, reduces tardiness or truancy, and helps students grow into creative ways. Art education improves academic performance. Art can help students achieve better grades in their classes. Students improve test scores just by taking art classes. Art makes students unique intellectually and socially. “They develop skills and judgment they didn’t know they had, whether it is drumming in time or acquiring the knowledge to differentiate between Pavarotti and the tenor in the choir loft at the Sunday service” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan (as cited in Baker, 2012, p.257). By this he is saying that students will soon gain skills they didn’t know they had until they took art. The skills they develop will help them with other classes. They will be more focused on the work...
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...Art ---Syllabus for primary classes (1-5) 2012-13 CLASS I Colours I – III : Plastic / Wax / Pencil / Oil pastels IV – V : Plastic / Wax / Pencil oil pastels/ Water colous * Introduction of geometrical shapes ( free hand ). with colours / pasting of coloured paper. * Drawings / sketches based on above said shapes e.g * Introduction : Colours , Names , use of colours. * Free hand drawing / painting with own imagination. Class II Colours I – III : Plastic / Wax / Pencil / Oil pastels IV – V : Plastic / Wax / Pencil oil pastels/ Water colous * Drawing / sketching using Geometrical shapes. * Paper folding ( Origami ) * Composition using two or more shapes / forms and colouring. * Colour paper cutting and parting or tearing , shapes like leaf, ball , cloud or Geometrical shapes Class III Colours I – III : Plastic / Wax / Pencil / Oil pastels IV – V : Plastic / Wax / Pencil oil pastels/ Water colous * Drawing / sketches using Geometrical shapes. * Introduction of colours : Primary colours : Red , Blue , Yellow Secondary colours : Orange , Green, Violet * Composition / pictures of : 1. Domestic item : Cup plate , glass , jug , top pot etc. 2. Landscape( Simple ) 3. Cartoons 4. Paper cutting and folding Class IV Colours I – III : Plastic / Wax / Pencil / Oil pastels IV – V : Plastic / Wax / Pencil oil pastels/ Water colous * Drawing / sketches using Geometrical...
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...founder’s dream to create a community of learning that crosses and indeed effaces cultural boundaries. By mounting rigorous Master’s programs, articulating increasing numbers of academic partnerships, and hosting international conferences that foreground AUP faculty scholarship and that of renowned scholars, practitioners, and artists worldwide, the University is taking its place as a leading academic, intellectual and cultural center in France and in the world. In this unique learning environment—inflected by the remarkable demographic diversity of student, faculty and staff bodies—attention is brought to bear on the role of knowledge production across languages, cultures, and societies in an ever-globalizing world. Founded as a liberal arts institution in the 1960s, today AUP is an urban, independent, international university located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. We provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs to students from all national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds in the global city that is Paris, drawing together teaching and research in our unique academic environment. Both student learning and faculty research are driven by a desire for excellence, are shaped by our singular geography...
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...Argumentative essay Music and art are how a culture expresses its creativity. Creativity is the base of learning. In the past years neuroscientists have explored the way our brains perceive, and react to music and art, including studies of the relationship between musical experience and emotion, and between our auditory and visual systems. Public schools should provide music and art education because their students gain great benefits from it. They prepare students for success in school, work and life, by helping them to know themselves, and the world in general. Art and music education are essential to a well-rounded education. Its prepare students for success in school, work, and life. Art and music can increase student motivation, because students tend to enjoy them and feel the sense of accomplishment. Having the arts in schools has been found to improve students morale, satisfaction, and attendance. Furthermore, the arts teach children to make good judgements about qualitative relationships. The arts inspire interpretation, which further develops critical thinking. Involvement in the arts can improve the cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. For example, the research involving exposing college students to listen Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, or relaxation tape, followed by test on spatial reasoning, showed a rise in scores from the student listening Mozart sonata ( Rauscher,1). Arts learning can also improve motivation, concentration...
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...The Bright Side of a Liberal Arts Education Now that I am in college, I have pondered upon whether a liberal arts education is better than a vocational education; a topic that did not cross my mind in high school. A liberal arts curriculum includes the studies intended to primarily provide general knowledge such as language, philosophy, literature, and abstract science and to develop general intellectual capacities, such as reason and judgment, as opposed to professional or vocational skills (merriam-webster.com). As students wanting to achieve a higher education, we have to think about what we want for ourselves. Either you want to grow as an individual and obtain a major in whichever field you chose, or just learn what best interests you. People have many misconceptions toward what the liberal arts are and how they can benefit you. We often hear things like, “A liberal arts degree will not get you a real job.” or “A liberal arts degree is a luxury not a necessity.” Although this is what the majority of the people who are not aware about the actual facts say, this is not true. An examination of, The New Liberal Arts by author Sanford J. Ungar, and Are Too Many People Going to College? by author Charles Murray, will reveal to us why one gains more knowledge at a liberal arts school. Murray argues that a liberal arts education is only for the elite, but I believe that they shouldn't be the only ones to attend because my vision of a liberal arts college is one where all students...
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...Liberal Arts Education With the economy the way it is today, there is much more pressure for students to get a good education and be able to have a successful career. Students across the country have a few different types of high schools that they can choose to attend, including vocational and liberal arts. A vocational school focuses on training for a specific job, while liberal arts schools teach general information about many different subjects. Both liberal arts schools and vocational schools are a better fit for different types of people, but a high school that emphasizes liberal arts would better prepare students for a global economy because it teaches skills that are valuable in any career; it makes graduates more desirable to some employers and helps students to find a career that would suit them best. A liberal arts high school teaches skills that are valuable in any career, instead of just one. Newsweek magazine found that the average American changes careers eleven times before they reach age forty. People have to change careers more than ever because the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. A liberal arts education would allow students to change careers more easily because they wouldn’t have been trained in only one profession. Liberal arts not only teach students general information, but they also teach them how to think and learn. In A Talk to Teachers, James Baldwin says, “The purpose of education, finally is to create in a person the ability...
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...Students who participate in art and music at school are often more likely to win awards for school attendance, and be elected into class office. In the 1930’s, art education flourished since the Federal Art Program (FAP) provided jobs to artists and musicians as art teachers in public schools. In 1947, National Art and Education Association (NAEA) was formed to assist public schools in the funding of art programs. Although, in 1958, art education dwindled. The National Defense Education Act was formed when people saw that Americans were falling behind in education and they concluded it was because not enough funding was going into necessary education. Therefore, the amount of schools that funded art education reduced. However, in 1962, John...
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...Higher education has undoubtedly been plagued by many problems in recent years, and one of the most pressing problems is the drastic termination of liberal arts programs across the country. The problem does not arise solely from the closure of liberal arts colleges, but more commonly from many liberal arts colleges changing their curricula in order to be viewed as less traditionally liberal arts and more vocational. Although liberal arts schools only comprise of a small fraction of higher education institutions, (they only educate at most 2 percent of college students, according to the Huffington Post) they make up an important fraction (in terms of accomplished graduates). This essay will include background information on the liberal arts,...
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...When first attending UW Oshkosh as a freshman the values, and core principles of a liberal arts education were highly discussed on my first day, and as time progressed the meaning of a liberal arts education became more than just a simple definition displayed on a piece of paper. It became apparent that a liberal arts education prepares you, and even shapes you for whatever journey you end up embarking on in life. Whether you are going to school for Chemistry or business a liberal education gives an advantage. Being liberally educated helps you see different viewpoints and, gives you the capacity to relate to those views. Ultimately a liberal education is about “being able to see connections that allow one to make sense of the world” (Cronon...
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...ARE THE ARTS IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION? 1. Introduction British fashion, publishing, theatre, film and TV, literature, visual arts and music are internationally respected and renowned for their prestige. People from America to Asia dance to our music, read our books, purchase our art and wear our designer’s latest creations, with London being recognised as the world’s most influential city by Forbes in 2014. The creative sector represents 5 percent of the British economy which is valued at around £76.9 billion and provides more than 1.7 million jobs, as reported by Warwick university. These industries have an impact on us as individuals and adds to our rich heritage by contributing to our British culture. Our arts are constantly being shaped by new trends and our consumer choices are influenced by clever marketing and visual branding. The arts also improve the enjoyment of the environments which we live and work and shape the way in which we are perceived by others around the globe, whilst also contributing to how we view the world. However, the Arts have been left to suffer within the UK educational system in order to accommodate the severe budget cuts and restrictions being hauled at schools and colleges. With more time and focus being placed on academic subjects such as science and mathematics, there is an implication that they are more important. Subjects are placed within a hierarchy with the Arts taking the largest hit, as more measureable subjects are favoured so...
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...19th Century Art Education, Industrial Art or Fine Art? Varick Taylor East Carolina University MAED Art 6800 History and Philosophy of Art Education Abstract As an art educator in the today’s public school system, I feel that it is my responsibility to introduce and allow my students to explore the arts from the past and the present. I want them to learn a variety of art making techniques and art history. I also want to prepare them for future by giving them exposure to possible career choices that utilizes the arts. Therefore I feel it is important that my art classes allow students to be exposed to both the fine arts and design fields of the 21st century. 21st century technology like 19th century industrialization has influenced art education methods. The use of technology in classes is increasing each year. We are using design software to create both designs and fine art assignments on computers. In the 19th century, industrialization was one of the most important reasons why art became a part of public school education. Government leaders and the industry wanted America to able to compete with the superior European imports. As a result they felt that requiring drawing as a subject in public schools would help the U.S. in competing with Europe and balance trade. Knowing how much they wanted America to produce better products, I was puzzled when the Massacusetts did not model its art education after the France, whom was considered the best in producing superior product...
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...ARCHITECTURE OF PERFORMING ART EDUCATION: Performing art education centre works for cultural activities and performing art education both formally and informally for both children and adults, the planning of the centre needs to be done with all levels of people in all ages keeping in mind. The purpose of any performing art education school facilities is to create an environment which can provide the teaching and learning process and recreation appropriate for people in all ages. Performing art represents the culture and tradition of the country and nation, therefore the education centre also should represent the culture and the tradition of the country. Besides the classrooms, teachers and administrator’s areas, workshops, stores etc, the physical enclosure itself should also generate an environment favorable for performing art education, recreation and other interactions. The planning, design and construction of the community school should result in an environment which can fulfill the above mentioned purpose. Although the schools of performing art education represent the art and culture of a nation, in different countries the performing art education centers were designed with different concepts , design ideas and technologies to achieve a master piece of art in form and architecture, but in developing countries particularly in Asian subcontinent, the planning and design need should be different. To spread the performing art education all over the country to every ...
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...Fine Arts Proposal Jennifer Rohrer St. Louis University INTRODUCTION Before we begin, I would like to introduce a few terms which will be used throughout this paper. First, visual art. In this paper, visual art refers to aesthetic art, such as drawing, painting, and sculpture. Second, “at- risk” youth, this refers to children who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. They are typically a black or Hispanic minority, even though there have been cases of Caucasian children. They are also of low academic standing. Finally, success. Success in this research paper means the completion of high school. No Child Left Behind was put into place in hopes of closing the achievement gap between high and low socioeconomic children. States have been trying to figure out the best way to achieve this dilemma, but they have been going about it the wrong way. The legislators who are in charge of education are assuming all children learn the same. However, this is not the case. Children have many different ways which they learn. But because of this cookie cutter mold, curriculum is being designed to suit one type of child. This can cause boredom, under achievement, and discipline problems in other children (Lutfi and Repress, 2006). One way legislators have decided to design their curriculum, is to have education based on Math, Science, and English, eliminating other subjects such as Music and Art. This plan is not beneficial to anyone. Art education, especially through critiques...
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...Arthur Holmes asks questions pertaining to liberal arts education, he asks “What can it do to me?” A liberal arts college has many positive aspects with few downfalls. I believe that a liberal arts college can be very key to into shaping a person because it is beneficial for multiple reasons, it should prepare one for the future, and one gets out of it what they put into it. First, a liberal arts education is extremely beneficial to ones collegiate experience for multiple reasons. Many state colleges and universities focus on the student getting the degree the student has selected as a major in the shortest possible time with all the courses being driven solely for the degree. With fewer students in a class, the student to teacher ratio...
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...Abstracts/Résumés pp. xv-xxi We Practice What We Preach: A Local History of a Community-Based, Student/Faculty Art Exhibition (2002-09) Elizabeth Auger Ashworth Nipissing University Daniel H. Jarvis Nipissing University Purpose of the Exhibitions Student-organized exhibitions hold the potential to greatly enhance the visual arts school curriculum. Burton (2004, 2001), for example, contends that there are a number of multi-faceted benefits for art students, art teachers, and for the art education program in general through the implementation of student-organized exhibitions. In Exhibiting Student Art (2004), he concludes: The key to successful student art exhibitions rests in the knowledge and skills students learn from doing it firsthand. . . . They need to immerse themselves in various aspects of art exhibition, from preparing and presenting art to other people to exploring alternatives of scale, venue, theme, and purpose. . . . When exhibitions of student art are presented well, parents, teachers, and administrators recognize and appreciate the value and meaning of art in the school curriculum. Exhibitions of student art convey a continuous message that the quality of ideas, the depth of issues, and the magnitude of expression are © 2009 CRAE - RCÉA & AUTHORS/AUTEURS 84 Elizabeth Auger Ashworth & Daniel H. Jarvis displayed along with and through art. (p. 46) Student art exhibition events can address socio-economic issues (Russell-Bowie, 2005), function as part of integrated...
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