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Child Development and Arts Education. Child Development Research. Child Development Research. Research Question: What are recommended best practices in arts education that acknowledge students’ cognitive, social, and emotional needs and abilities at different stages? .
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Child Development Research Research Question: • What are recommended best practices in arts education that acknowledge students’ cognitive, social, and emotional needs and abilities at different stages?
Child Development Research Structure of report • A series of literature reviews, divided by discipline and grade band • Executive summary notes cross-disciplinary threads of research and recommendations
Child Development Research Key findings
Child Development Research Early Childhood • More research available for this grade band than any other • Arts experiences are a primary means of communication at this stage
Child Development Research • How will writers develop standards under the framework of create, perform, and respond for students who might not yet be able to create with any specific intent in creating? 13
Child Development Research • How can the standards acknowledge social/emotional needs (i.e., developing sense of self)? 18
Child Development Research Middle School • Stage at which students are making decisions about whether to continue with arts study in the future • Research heavily emphasizes social/emotional needs at this stage 19
Child Development Research • How can the standards promote creative risk-taking? 23
Child Development Research • How can the standards emphasize the importance of creating a sense of community? 27
Child Development Research At every grade level and in every discipline, the research emphasizes the role of the arts in helping students to: • Make sense of their world • Make connections between disparate ideas • Make connections between self and others The recommended best practices at every level, for every discipline recommended the need for balance between structure and open-ended exploration in arts instruction.
Child Development Research Does the need for assessment and measurement of the standards force us to emphasize cognitive development over social and emotional development?
Child Development Research Contact Information: Amy Charleroy, Associate Director, Arts at the Core, Office of Academic Initiatives: acharleroy@collegeboard.org Nancy Rubino, Senior Director, Office of Academic Initiatives: nrubino@collegeboard.org 30