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Why is MUSIC so important in your child's education??
Why is MUSIC so important in your child's education??
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music... I get most joy in life out of music."
~ALBERT EINSTEIN
Excerpt taken from: https://nafme.org/building-sel-competency-elementary-school-music-classroom/
Watch this great video to see why it is so important to support music and keep it alive in our public schools.
Watch this great video to see why it is so important to support music and keep it alive in our public schools.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YJ1KSM1IBgQ
The intersection between 21st century skills and the arts:
The intersection between 21st century skills and the arts:
"Each of the four distinct disciplines of the arts (dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts) offers its own unique set of knowledge, skills, and processes. As a whole, however, the arts are uniquely situated to provide links from school-based learning to themes that are essential to every child’s understanding of the modern world. This is because the arts, which thrive on the free expression of the imagination and the creative instinct common in all human beings, have enabled us to explore the changing nature of our existence and to understand how that nature has both evolved and remained constant over time, culture, and place. The arts inculcate key lessons for participation in a democracy, as they balance the preservation of ideas with the challenging of old ways and the development of new visions." http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf
"The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic...music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment."
- William Bennett, Former U.S. Secretary of Education
"I write to bring to your attention the importance of the arts as a core academic subject and part of a complete education for all students. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) defines the arts as a core subject, and the arts play a significant role in children's development and learning process."
-ARNE DUNCAN, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, AUGUST 2009
In a letter to school and education community leaders, former Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, stated that:
"...we received the 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the arts results for music and visual art. I was reminded of the important role that arts education plays in providing American students with a well-rounded education. The arts can help students become tenacious, team-oriented problem solvers who are confident and able to think creatively. These qualities can be especially important in improving learning among students from economically disadvantaged circumstances."
Even our former South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, Molly Spearman, believes in the power of music and arts in our public schools! Here is what she told the Greenville News:
“I am fully committed to advancing opportunities for all students in South Carolina to participate in arts-related programs,” Spearman said via email. Spearman said she wants the state to be a national leader in arts education. “As a former music teacher for over 18 years, I have a deep appreciation for arts education,” Spearman said. “I want South Carolina to be seen as a national leader in STEAM education — science, technology, engineering, arts, and math — and we can get there by continuing our partnerships with the business community, technical colleges and institutions of higher education across the state.”
“In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should also encourage the ability to think creatively that comes from a meaningful arts education.”
— BarackObama.com
Ten Reasons Art Education Matters:
(ASCD’s Education Update, January 2013 edition)
1. Arts education can increase student engagement.
2. Children learn positive habits, behaviors, and attitudes.
3. The arts enhance creativity.
4. Students sharpen their critical intellectual skills.
5. The arts teach students methods for learning language skills.
6. The arts help students learn mathematics.
7. The arts expand on and enrich learning in other subjects.
8. Aesthetic learning is its own reward.
9. Students practice teamwork.
10. Arts education is just the beginning (to develop their passion for learning and a place where they discover their talents and interests through the arts).
By Elliott Self, educational consultant, author, and ASCD Faculty member
Did You Know?
Did You Know?
Students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100 percent higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner. Second grade and third grade students were taught fractions in an untraditional manner -by teaching them basic music rhythm notation. The group was taught about the relationships between eighth, quarter, half and whole notes. Their peers received traditional fraction instruction.
Source: Neurological Research, March 15, 1999
Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school. Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. For comparison, (44 percent) of biochemistry majors were admitted. Also, a study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.
Sources: "The Comparative Academic Abilities of Students in Education and in Other Areas of a Multi-focus University," Peter H. Wood, ERIC Document No. ED327480
"The Case for Music in the Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, February, 1994
Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 showed that music participants received more academic honors and awards than non-music students, and that the percentage of music participants receiving As, As/Bs, and Bs was higher than the percentage of non-participants receiving those grades.
Source: National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 First Follow-Up (1990), U.S. Department of Education.
Young children with developed rhythm skills perform better academically in early school years. Findings of a recent study showed that there was a significant difference in the academic achievement levels of students classified according to rhythmic competency. Students who were achieving at academic expectation scored high on all rhythmic tasks, while many of those who scored lower on the rhythmic test achieved below academic expectation.
Source: "The Relationship between Rhythmic Competency and Academic Performance in First Grade Children," University of Central Florida, Debby Mitchell
High school music students score higher on SATs in both verbal and math than their peers. In 2001, SAT takers with coursework/experience in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 41 points higher on the math portion than students with no coursework/experience in the arts.
Source: Profile of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, compiled by Music Educators National Conference, 2001
The world's top academic countries place a high value on music education. Hungary, Netherlands and Japan stand atop worldwide science achievement and have strong commitment to music education. All three countries have required music training at the elementary and middle school levels, both instrumental and vocal, for several decades. The centrality of music education to learning in the top-ranked countries seems to contradict the United States' focus on math, science, vocabulary, and technology.
Source: 1988 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test
This is a study done by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that shows at-risk youth who have access to the arts in and out of school also have better academic outcomes, higher career goals, better workforce opportunities, and are more civically engaged. Learn more at: http://arts.gov/news/2012/new-nea-research-report-shows-potential-benefits-arts-education-risk-youth
Check out this information that connects the arts to higher SAT scores:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/arts/documents/SATScores_StudiesintheArts_2012_001.pdf
So what can you do?
So what can you do?
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