This is an amazing resource- lesson plans, teaching philosophies, images of student work, etc. It is really great to be able to see what other art educators are doing- and sharing...
Also on the NAEA site, 10 Lessons the Arts Teach
What a great, concise list of some of the most important functions of arts education. While each point speaks the truth, I am particularly interested in #10 in relation to my previous post about CPS and art education
#10 reads "10. The arts' position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young
what adults believe is important."
If our schools (and the adults that run them) disregard the arts as important components of the curriculum, then the potential exists for youth to disregard the arts as well...
I love this list. I always think about how important it is to be an advocate for arts education and have good points/examples and concise language to counter any anti-arts ideas. Jessica, since imitation is the highest form of flattery I hope you don't mind if I post these 10 lessons to my blog. I feel like I need to see them as often as possible!
ReplyDeleteof course! they're good.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list. Seen it before, but you can never be reminded of ti too often. :) Thanks for sharing, Jess.
ReplyDeleteWhen adults model behaviors, kids pick those up as acceptable. I think it goes back to a point I made recently about the perceptions that kids have in the arts in elementary school versus high school. it's ok to do art when you're young, but when you're older, you need to find something serious to do. this is the message they get, and it really creates a hierarchy within the curriculum. what we really need is an artist as a superintendent/principal/CEO of CPS. Then maybe we'll see some change.
Great list! I'm definitely going to use this as a resource!
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