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  Case: Prestige for the subject of Art
Other subject area teachers indicate that art is not as important as other subjects, and this attitude is transferred to the students. How can help students and teachers understand the importance of art as part of school curriculum?
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Art as a form of expression alone should have value within a school. Unfortunately, the school climate being what it is, art is usually the first to be placed on the chopping block. Art is very important to students though, and beside being a release in an extremely vigorous day of work, and a character/skill building activity, as a self esteem building opportunity--it actually can help them academically!

Setting things to song helps people retain information--ask your colleagues if they learned the song with all fifty states in alphabetical order when they were younger. If so, one will still be able to sing it. Why is the alphabet taught in song? Why do we use sing song chants to remember important information in early grades? It is because it helps us retain the information while also enjoying the act of learning. Singing is just more fun!

What about math? Modeling pictures for problems helps students visualize a problem--it presents the information in a new way. When information is received through multiple modalities, a student is more likely to make connections to it. What about patterns and geometric symbols? How can art relate to these and help students learn?

The arts are extremely important for student growth. If you need back-up, there are many many fantastic resources on the web that can help convince your colleagues.
 
     
     
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Rated On: March 3, 2013 6:43 pm
Rated By: GaTuWy
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
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Rated On: October 19, 2014 4:04 pm
Rated By: adenar
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: If I were in this situation I would do just this.
Rated On: October 20, 2014 2:20 am
Rated By: Jocelyn Mitchell
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I love these examples of art being used academically.
Rated On: October 15, 2020 7:40 pm
Rated By: yzeDuh