Art in Education

Jeffrey Gold

March 23, 2009

The Importance of

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What is Art?

Art is an intellectual construct that gives rise to a positive emotional response when

created with the correct intention.

Eli Khamarov

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The Arts

• Hear

• Music

• See

• Painting

• Photography

• Film

• Taste & Smell

• Culinary

• Touch

• Ballet

• Dance

• Speak

• Poetry

• Think

• Sciences

• Engineering

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Arguments Against

Lack of Funding

Not Important

Detracts from Fundamentals

Liberal Agenda

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Arguments Against

• Students given wrong impression of working in the Arts as an economically unsustainable endeavor

• “You can make a fortune, but you can’t make a living.”

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Arguments For

The arts embody the most profoundly central task of all education—

the nuanced development of mind.

European League of Institutes of the Arts

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The Arts helps students achieve in the arts and in other academic disciplines

• The arts have a special potential for engaging all students.

• The traditional practices of the arts can improve teaching and learning in all areas.

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The Arts prepare students for the workplace

• high standards

• analytical thinking

• creative thinking

• innovation

• practice

The arts demand:

• discipline

• teamwork

• persistence

• follow-through

• product delivery

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America’s ability tocompete internationally

• Other countries ensure their students develop mental and emotional capabilities

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How are we doing right now?

• $10,418 expended per student 50 million students, $519 billion dollars

• Scientific Literacy (2006)

• 486/1000 Phenomena (26/46)

• 489/1000 Scientific Reasoning (26/46)

• Mathematics (2006)

• 474/1000 (Rank: 32/53)

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pART of the United States economy

• 6% of GNP

• Positive trade balance

• Local economies

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Art brings parents to schools

• Exhibit student works

• Showcase student performancesArtwork (c) Pily Torres

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Lack of Funding

• Federal and State Government funding is dwindling

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Thank you

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