4. Why is art in education important?
Children have remarkable creative capacities
Creativity leads to innovation
Self Expression
Creates responsibility
Develop self esteem
Become involved with curiosity
5. How is this impacting K-12 education?
We are not educating students whole beings
Creativity?
Innovation?
Expression?
6. What can be learned from the arts?
Form and Content cannot be separated
Everything interacts ex: color
Details matter ex: squares
7. Color
What a color looks like depends upon what colors are
around it…
color color color
15. References cont.
Name: children_dancing.jpg
Author: Oude School
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oudeschool/414726015/
Name: girl.jpg
Author: Joe Lencioni
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lencioni/1583386572/
16. References cont.
The Kennedy Center. A Place For Art [A Report on the Status of DCPS Elementary Arts
Programs] DCPS—Kennedy Center Arts Education Initiative Phase One
Report, 2002–2003
Robinson, Ken. TED Ideas Worth Spreading.
www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html