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K-12 Arts Education: Why does it matter?

K-12 Arts Education: Why does it matter?. Tacoma Arts Commission – May, 2012. Washington State Arts Commission. Mission : WSAC is a catalyst for the arts, advancing the role of the arts in the lives of individuals and communities throughout the state. Education focus:

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K-12 Arts Education: Why does it matter?

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  1. K-12 Arts Education:Why does it matter? Tacoma Arts Commission – May, 2012 Washington State Arts Commission

  2. Mission: WSAC is a catalyst for the arts, advancing the role of the arts in the lives of individuals and communities throughout the state. Education focus: Strengthen K-12 arts education as part of, and fundamental to, basic education.

  3. K-12 Arts Education: Why Does it Matter? • Supporting whole-child education • Arts knowledge, skills, techniques • Connections to other academic learning • 21st Century Skills / Habits of Mind • How people learn • Brain development, early learning connections • Project based and experiential learning • Cultivating demand for the arts • Building audiences and supporters

  4. College and Career Ready… • What should students know? • What should students be able to do? • What should students BE LIKE?

  5. Studio Thinking The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education By Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, Kimberly Sheridan • Concerns about “instrumental” claims around the benefits of arts learning • Alternate approach: Looked at “habits of mind” that are developed in studio arts classes

  6. Studio Thinking Framework: Eight Habits of Mind • Develop Craft • Engage & Persist • Envision • Express • Observe • Reflect • Stretch and Explore • Understand Art World

  7. Partnership for 21st Century Skills • Core Subjects • Interdisciplinary Themes • Learning and Innovation Skills • Information, Media and Technology Skills • Life and Career Skills www.p21.org

  8. Partnership for 21st Century Skills • Learning and Innovation Skills • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration

  9. Partnership for 21st Century Skills • Learning and Innovation Skills • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration “The 4 Cs”

  10. GOOD TEACHING… …the most powerful predictor of student learning • Student centered: Starts with students’ interests, questions, and prior knowledge • Deeply cognitive: Learning is the consequence of thinking and making work about meaningful, rich, compelling problems, concepts, and ideas • Social: Collaborative activities are more powerful than individualist strategies

  11. Cultivating Demand for the Arts

  12. Cultivating Demand for the Arts • The ability to see, hear, and feel what works of art have to offer • The ability to create within an art form • Historical and cultural knowledge that enriches the understanding of works of art • The ability to draw meaning from works of art through reflection and discussion with others National and state arts content standards that describe what K–12 students should learn at every grade level embody just such a comprehensive approach.

  13. THANK YOU! Lisa Jaret Arts in Education Program Manager Washington State Arts Commission lisa.jaret@arts.wa.gov www.arts.wa.gov

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