Arts Education

This article deals with the issue of art programs being cut from the schools curriculum.

Many research provides a clear outlook on the impact that art has on the student-body.  One observation suggest that art programs help students “grow intellectually, socially and emotionally.”  Not only does art provide fun and creative classes but help kids to become “creative, problem-solving adults…”  Now school’s art programs are being cut nationwide and has been on a decline for two decades.  Now the percentage of 18-year-olds who had any art education an example of this is that creative writing has decreased from about 22% to 15% in a span of six years.

Art programs should be offered but not required because a student might not want to pursue a creative field and might consider something more generic like accounting.  Art, how important should not be forced upon a student because some students who excel analytically might not excel when it becomes to being creative.  Budget-cuts,  no matter how depressing should has to be made and out of all the classes to be cut arts does seem to be the right choice because a degree in arts or music falls short to many’s expectations.

Art-icle

The article explained the importance of taking classes that deal with art. It gives examples of grades from both kids who have and kids who have not done well in art classes. The grades reflect the improvements in grades for people who have taken art. I feel there is no direct relation with art and core class grades. If a student understands the concepts of art and excels in art they most likely have an open mind to understand it. I believe art does not allow people to improve core classes simply by taking art. This article had no support other than examples of grades and it repeated the few logical points it made.

Art Education Article

Art Education

While reading (skimming mostly) through the art education article I found it to be very repetitive. It seemed to me that she was not repeating for emphasis but to fill a word quota. I agree with her on the fact that art does help students learn and should be offered in schools, but the repetitiveness of the article made me lose complete interest in reading the entire piece. I did enjoy how she used examples of different schools and showed the numbers and graphs, they really helped me get the big picture. Subjects such as art, music appreciation, band, and theatre help open children’s minds to their creative side and give them an outlet as well teaching them something out of the normal school subjects. Schools shouldn’t be restricted to only teaching the core curriculum of Math, Science, Reading and Writing but should offer art courses as well. All schools should offer programs geared toward the arts and the state should fund these projects not the schools. Some schools cannot afford art courses and I do not think they should punish the student’s creativity by not having programs that give them the creative art outlet their subconscious desires.  Although I agree with purpose of the article, the image at the beginning is what really pulled me in and I think that was the point of it being there. Who doesn’t love Adam Sandler being a father and patron of the arts (or any celebrity for that matter)? All in all, I found the article’s purpose to be spot on and a reflection of my views, but the repetitive way it was written wasn’t exactly up to par and made the article dull and boring.

Arts Education

Art education has been a staple part of the U.S. educational system for decades.  Art teaches young minds to think creatively and solve problems with initially unseen solutions.  It shows students how to analyze ideas abstractly and make emotional connections.

Over the past years, as standardized tests have become more intensive upon data-based core subjects like math, reading, and science, it seems art education is being left behind.  It seems that, more and more, school curriculum is being pushed toward what is concrete and informational.
But for what reason does our education system tend to give less importance to artistic/creative skills compared to math, reading, and science.  Is it because these studies are more sociologically useful in the professional world, or is it because we have no method of assessing creative skills?  Can we see no intellect within creativity?

Programs like President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind Act” make perfect sense; in these hard economic times, greater emphasis on academics and education is important.  However, with all of today’s problems, is a system of standardized testing that treats creative skill as a novelty really what we need?

Responce of Art Article

I believe that when children are educated in arts, it does promote academic skills. Art, in all forms, gives students the chance to be creative to be creative and lets them cooperate with other students. It also gives students a chance to express themselves and improves problem solving. It does not seem fair that its been on the decline for years, even though its been proven that improves academic improvement.

The Arts

The arts are an acceptable subject to cut from schools because students are not tested on them. Schools can offer art appreciation classes along with music if the school can afford the classes. Schools are only tested on core subjects like math science and English. This is why if an administrator wants the arts to be taught in his school, he should use STEM. STEM is the link between arts and science, technology, engineering and math. This is a great way to expose students to the arts while teaching them a core subject that will eventually be tested on. Since schools are look at on how they do on tests, teaching students the material needed for these test is a priority for schools. This is why the arts are an acceptable subject to cut from schools. However, the arts do not need to be erased from a student’s curriculum. By using STEM, teachers are able to teach core classes, math English and science, while including the arts at the same time.

Art advocates state that if a student is exposed to the arts he or she is are likely to excel in school. This may be true however I believe that many inelegant students admire the arts because they are more capable of grasping the concept. There are many different concepts that can be grasped when admiring the arts and only a certain few can actually understand what the arts actually are. I am not saying that I understand what the arts actually are because I do not, but I am saying that art advocates can not say that students exposed to the arts are more likely to excel in school because those same students are already above the average students intellectual level. Therefore, it is not fair to say that exposing a student to the art makes them a more inelegant person.

art education

In the Arts Education article I read about how art helps students improve their learning skills.  The article claims that art makes you smarter and can help you with other subjects.  I believe that schools should offer art, but I do not think that they should make the students take it.  It should strictly be an elective.

Classes such as band, music appreciation, and art help you improve skills such as creativity and imagination.  These are good things to learn; however, I do not believe that it should be required.  Subjects such as math, science, and English are far more important than subjects such as art.  You must know math in order to succeed in any career you have.  You do not need to know how to paint or play the drums in order to have a successful future.

Art and music makes school fun but you aren’t going to school to have fun.  In our school art and band are electives; however, colleges like to see those classes on your resume.  These classes make you a well-rounded person.  The article states that art should be incorporated into science and math but I believe that art has nothing to do with either of those subjects and should be kept separate.

You should take them if you have the extra space in your schedule, but if you do not then you should focus on math, science and reading.  You will do just fine in college without art and music experience.

Art Education Article

               This article discusses the relationship between art education and the ability of a student to do well in school.  It talks about how students who have taken art classes such as art, pottery, and drama will do better in core classes like math and reading. Also the article discussed the fact that many art classes are being cut because schools do not have the funding to support them.  I agree that art increases students’ ability to do well. Art opens the mind to more interpretations of a person’s environment and makes it easier to visual new ways of doing things. I also believe that if art classes are cut many students will never be able to reach their full potential.  Art allows children to develop their imagination and express their feelings.  Without  art classes children’s will lack creative imaginations and will not be able to appropriately express their feelings.  However, I found this article very tedious. The content was repetitive and extremely uninteresting. In my opinion the article lacked support to back their opinion. As I was reading I noticed they never used any graphs of data that supported their argument. Graphs help readers who are better  understanding things better when they are presented visually.  The writing level in this article was simple and easy to comprehend but it was still very difficult to read because the article repeated the same concepts. There were times I would stop and look ahead to the next paragraph to see if I had already read that page.

Art Education

This article was about how art increases the creative mind in children and helps them with academics. Many schools want to eliminate art from their curriculum because of cost. However, if art benefits children’s education, it should not be depleted from the education system. Although this article was repetitive, it stated the facts and benefits of art education.

Art education includes many different types of creative studies. These subjects open a child’s mind and benefits the child as he grows older. Art helps children in academics and teaches useful skills. Many parents say that their children have the right amount of art education; however the amount of art in schools is decreasing and has rapidly fallen in the past few decades. In a study shown in the article, music, visual arts, creative writing, and theater all have declined since 1982. Many say the cause of the decline is money. Educators should fight to keep art education in their district. According to the article, 86% of Americans think that art improves children’s outlooks towards school and 83% believe that it helps children learn communication.

Art should be kept in all schools, and should be taught to young children. The benefits of art will help children through school and help them develop skills that might not have been known if art was not introduced. Art encourages creative minds and strategic thinking. This article did well in demonstrating the positive results of art education.

Is art really necessary?

The “Arts Education” article does have good points for why kids should be exposed to arts but it also has bad ones.  I do believe that to a certain extent arts help with kids social skills.  Many kids draw and share their drawings with other kids which does improve their social skills.  In the article is states, “The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more more than one answer.”  I do not entirely agree with this statement, but I can see where Elliot W. Eisner, the person who stated this, is coming from.  Another point in the article that I agree with is that children enjoy participating in art.  When something is fun and one has a passion for what is being taught, it makes it much easier to want to learn or keep taking in information about that subject.  That is also another point the article makes.  A statement that I do not agree with is, “Those with high arts involvement graduated from college and completed post-graduate degrees at higher rates than their peers.”  This does not make sense to me.  I do not see this as being accurate.

In summary, the article has many valid points but some are not a big deal.