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Why is Art valuable to our student's education and development?
Why is Art valuable to our student's education and development?
Art inspires kids to excel in and out of the classroom. It helps students stay in school, increases motivation, improves attitudes and attendance, and improves academic performance. According to Americans for the Arts, a student involved in the arts is: 4x more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
I'm happiest in Art Class... Why?
I'm happiest in Art Class... Why?
Island of Competence. Because Art uses all areas of the brain to problem solve and create, students who struggle in core content classes can excel in Art Class! When students experience competence they develop a more accurate and positive self-narrative. Students who experience competence also create a positive future picture of themselves. Art gives students a unique opportunity to students who struggle elsewhere to feel great succeeding in art class!
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Relationships & Accomplishment
Relationships & Accomplishment
"Through art, youths have the opportunity to form trusting relationships with prosocial adults (i.e., therapists, master artists, and teachers) who can encourage them to participate in solitary or group activities while reflecting on their problems. Youths have the opportunity to create a final product thereby earning a sense of accomplishment and in the process, completing a piece of art that reflects the hard work done during the healing and rehabilitation process."
"Through art, youths have the opportunity to form trusting relationships with prosocial adults (i.e., therapists, master artists, and teachers) who can encourage them to participate in solitary or group activities while reflecting on their problems. Youths have the opportunity to create a final product thereby earning a sense of accomplishment and in the process, completing a piece of art that reflects the hard work done during the healing and rehabilitation process."
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2016). Arts-based programs and arts therapies for at risk, justice-involved, and traumatized youths. Retrieved from: http://www.ojjdp.gov ERIC:ED590852.
Quality of Life
Quality of Life
"The value of arts education is less in transfer skills ad more in cognitive development, behavior and self-concept as well as significant reduction of PTSD symptoms for students who have experienced psychological trauma. These outcomes are not captured in standardized achievement scores, but translate into quality of life aspects."
"The value of arts education is less in transfer skills ad more in cognitive development, behavior and self-concept as well as significant reduction of PTSD symptoms for students who have experienced psychological trauma. These outcomes are not captured in standardized achievement scores, but translate into quality of life aspects."
Goodwin, B. & HUbler, e. (2019). Does arts education matter? [electronic]. Educational Leadership. Retrieved from: www.ascd.org
Less Interest in Crime
Less Interest in Crime
"Prevention programs with a cultural arts format have received tremendous interest, support, and financial funding from federal and local agencies, corporate donors, and other private parties, as they have demonstrated the ability to support at-risk youths in acquiring adaptive social, vocational, and emotional skills that foster self-esteem, self-efficacy, and reduced interest in committing crimes."
"Prevention programs with a cultural arts format have received tremendous interest, support, and financial funding from federal and local agencies, corporate donors, and other private parties, as they have demonstrated the ability to support at-risk youths in acquiring adaptive social, vocational, and emotional skills that foster self-esteem, self-efficacy, and reduced interest in committing crimes."
Stinson, A. (2009). A review of cultural art programs and outcomes for at risk youths. Best Practice in Mental Health, 5(1) 10-25.
Deal with ACE
Deal with ACE
"This article explains the benefits of collaborative approaches by art educators and mental health professionals in helping students deal with ACE (adverse childhood experiences). This approach can model positive adult relationships and interactions, mirror effective ways contemporary artists and professional educators work with others and provide students with alternative ways to communicate and understand themselves and others via creative arts processes."
"This article explains the benefits of collaborative approaches by art educators and mental health professionals in helping students deal with ACE (adverse childhood experiences). This approach can model positive adult relationships and interactions, mirror effective ways contemporary artists and professional educators work with others and provide students with alternative ways to communicate and understand themselves and others via creative arts processes."
Kay, L. & Wolf, D. (2017). Artful coalitions:Challenging adverse adolescent experiences. Art Education, 70, 26-33. DOI: 10.1080/00043125.2017.1335542
"Art making is an educational context with a supportive art teacher can foster some of these protective factors in students who have experienced psychological trauma and/or traumatic stress. Art educators are not art therapists; however, they can be role models who help students cope, gain mastery over some life experiences, ad make sense of their world."
"Art making is an educational context with a supportive art teacher can foster some of these protective factors in students who have experienced psychological trauma and/or traumatic stress. Art educators are not art therapists; however, they can be role models who help students cope, gain mastery over some life experiences, ad make sense of their world."
-Lisa Kay
-Lisa Kay
Overcome Pain
Overcome Pain
"Art is the academic subject that can best heal trauma. Wether students are suffering on an individual or collective level, the arts can provide students opportunities to over come pain and difficulties in their lives."
- Matt Christenson
Healing
Healing
"The arts can play a vital role in the education of children who have suffered trauma, are at risk, homeless, and/or incarcerated. Effective interventions involve children in their own healing so they can feel safe and empowered."
-Steele & Kuban
Academic Safety
Academic Safety
"Arts of all kinds provide students a sense of safety, introspection, and healing within the academic context. We must be mindful of the power of the arts to support and heal the suffering our students endure. If education gives students opportunities to grapple with and overcome their personal struggles, we are truly serving our students."
-Matt Christenson
Community
Community
"When something traumatic happens to a school or community, the response must be lead by the arts."
-Matt Christenson
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