Why the Arts Are Essential for 21 st Century Learning

1. Why the Arts Are Essential for 21st Century Learning Mr. John Ceschini Executive Director of Arts Education Maryland Schools Alliance

3. The Arts in Education Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire William Butler Yeats

4. WHY

5. Teaching Through the Arts Critical Links Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development • Funded by the US Dept. of Education and National Endowment for the Arts • Reviews 62 studies of dance, music, theatre, visual arts and multi-arts • Studies selected by teams of researchers from Harvard and UCLA • Most studies are experimental using both quantitative and qualitative methods

6. Teaching Through the Arts Findings The Arts Involve and Develop Fundamental Cognitive Capacities • Spatial Reasoning • - Organizing and sequencing ideas, concepts and images • Conditional Reasoning • - Developing and testing theories • Interpretation • - Decoding multiple modes of representation

7. Teaching Through the Arts The Arts Involve and Develop Personal and Social Skills Behaviors • Self Identity/Self Efficacy • Realistically valuing oneself • Social Tolerance • Respecting multiple points of view Findings:

8. Teaching Through the Arts Findings: The Arts Involve and Develop Fundamental Cognitive Capacities • Imagination • Visualizing new possibilities for thought and action • Persistence • Sustaining concentrated attention

9. Teaching Through the Arts Findings: The Arts Involve and Develop Personal and Social Skills Behaviors • Empathy Engagement in Learning

10. Which Critical Thinking Skills Can be Taught Through the Arts Through Reading Analyze; Assess; Associate; Categorize; Characterize; Clarify; Classify; Compare; Connect; Contrast; Defend; Determine; Distinguish; Elaborate; Examine; Explain; Extend; Generalize; Identify; Infer; Interpret; Justify; Observe; Organize; Predict; Question; Relate; Summarize; Support; Visualize

11. 2005-2006 MSA SCORES

12. New “Imagination” Poll • Nine out of ten voters say that using the imagination is important to innovation and one’s success in a global knowledge-based market place • Eighty-eight percent of voters believe that education in and through the arts is essential to cultivating the imagination • Sixty-nine percent of the voters believe that US believe that when compared to other nations, we devote less attention to developing imagination

13. HOW

14. Program Objectives To ensure that the arts are being integrated into the curriculum using the Maryland State Arts Outcomes To ensure that all teachers have training and opportunities to implement an integrated Arts program To ensure a discipline-based program in theater..dance..visual arts and music

15. Key Players

16. How Are We Organized?

17. Teacher Training • In-service Programs • Resident Artist • Workshops • Arts Council Workshops • Special Guest Arts • Educators • Summer Programs • Artist/Teacher Institute • Opera Camp • CETA Groups Partnerships Using the Talents Within • Teachers mentoring • teachers • Hiring with the Arts in • Mind • In school observation • Kennedy Center’s • CETA groups • Universities • Opera Companies

18. Local Government Sculpture Bronzing Grants State Dept. of Ed. Moving America: Maryland Arts Councils Funding and Resources • Education Committee provides funds for instruments/art prints and drama supplies • Partnerships • Kennedy Center • Washington Opera Co. • Annapolis Opera Co. • Universities • Harvard/Research • Towson/Dance Teacher • Catholic U/Drama Interns Parents and Local Citizens • Parents as fundraisers • Share talents and resources • Lead club programs • Decorate local malls • Business donations

19. Example of Curriculum Map January - 4th Grade

20. THE NEED

21. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

22. What is the “Partnership” A unique public –private organization of leaders and educators in business and education that has come together to help schools fully address the educational needs of the 21st century

23. Some Participating Organizations • AOL,INC • National Education Association • Microsoft Corporation • Apple Computer • The U.S. Department of Education • Cisco Systems • Crayola • American Library Association • Many Education and Business Partners

24. State Initiatives • Arizona • Iowa • Kansas • Maine • Massachusetts • New Jersey • North Carolina • South Dakota • West Virginia • Wisconsin

25. Framework for 20th Century Learning

26. Starting Point for Change

27. Learning and Thinking Skills • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills • Communication Skills • Creativity and Innovation Skills • Collaboration Skills • Information and Media Literacy Skills • Contextual Learning Skills

28. 21st Century Content • Global Awareness • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy • Civic Literacy • Health and Wellness Awareness

29. Information and Technology Literacy • Support 21st century Teaching and Learning • Meet State/National Educational Technology Standards

30. Life Skills • Leadership • Ethics • Accountability • Adaptability • Personal Productivity • Personal Responsibility • Self Direction • Social Responsibility

31. 21st Century Assessment • Authentic 21st Century Assessment to Support the Essential Foundation of a 21st Century Education • Effective, Sustainable and Affordable and must Use Modern Technologies to Increase Timeliness and Efficiency • Multiple Balanced Means of Assessment • High Quality Standardized Testing along with Effective Classroom Assessments and Performance-Based Portfolio Assessments.

32. Today’s Children are Different • They Think, Access, Absorb, Interpret, Process and Use Information. • They View, Interact and Communicate with the Modern World. • Children Expect to Have Instantaneous Access to Information, Goals and Services.

34. Framework for 21st Century Learning

35. The Arts in Education Crisis

36. Equity All students deserve equal access to the arts.

37. Risk Taking The Arts Encourage Risk Taking

38. STEM+STEAM=TEAMS The arts encourage collaboration

39. Student Achievement Arts Boost Student Achievement in all Content Areas

40. Students Learn in Different Ways The arts provide powerful interventions for all types of learners

41. “There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Picasso “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."  John Kennedy “I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand."  Confucius Teaching Through the Arts

42. jceschini@aems-edu.org Website:www.aems-edu.org 2 AEMS Alliance-Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance