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Discover the vital role of arts in education with insights from Anna Medley and Ashley Fulkerson. This guide emphasizes the importance of incorporating arts into the classroom to foster multiple intelligences and creativity. Explore practical strategies, such as allowing students to choose how they express their knowledge and integrating arts into various subjects. Learn how to schedule time for art projects, establish a respectful environment, and provide meaningful feedback. By embracing the arts, educators can create a holistic learning experience that nurtures self-expression and reinforces content standards.
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Why Arts in Education? Anna Medley Ashley Fulkerson
Arts in the Classroom Foster all multiple intelligences • Offer task rotations in a variety of subjects • Let children choose if they want to make a list, draw a picture, write a story—still content standard based • Implement different types of assessments for students to demonstrate their knowledge of content
Arts in the Classroom • Make time for arts • Don’t sacrifice art lessons when there is a time crunch • Schedule time in the classroom for art projects and lessons • Include structures of art in all subjects (reading, writing, math, social studies, science) • Integrate arts in reading through having the students act out or role play the stories • Allow students to stay after to finish projects • Try to play un-distracting music during activities
Arts in the Classroom • Foster Self-Expression/Creativity • Implement and be consistent with the rules of respect and accepting each other’s differences • When displaying or presenting students’ art works • Provide a safe and creative environment • Display teacher’s art work • Give positive feedback • Always consider zone of proximal development