Teaching Through The Arts

This is another great link I found on the HotChalk blog . It's from Arts Every Day , an organization that works on integrating the arts in Baltimore. "When well planned and implemented, arts integration is one of the most effective ways for a wide range of students with a wide range of interests, aptitudes, styles, and experiences to form a community of active learners taking responsibility for and ownership of their own learning." Renaissance in the Classroom, pg. xxvi What is arts integration? Arts integration is instruction that integrates content and skills from the arts—dance, music, theater, and the visual arts—with other core subjects. Arts integration occurs when there is a seamless blending of the content and skills of an art form with those of a co-curricular subject. Why do it? Arts integration is highly effective in engaging and motivating students. It supports the academic achievement and improved social behavior of students while enhancing school climate and...