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The Importance of Art Education
There are countless reasons for including art education in a school curriculum. The art study proves beneficial to everyone involved, including students, teachers themselves, and the community. Many efforts and steps have been taken to promote, although much remains to be accomplished yet. Various importance o art education includes affecting one's passion for arts, enhancing communication, improving self-esteem, and helping students reach their full potential, among other benefits.
A work of art that breaks through a creative barrier can profoundly affect anyone passionate about the arts. Promoting art education is an idea that should be taken more seriously. Students' potential is increased when they are engaged in arts activities. They boost self-esteem and social and communication skills. Another benefit is helping those interested in the profession identify and use their talents. It would be a shame to waste such benefits by not promoting them. Instructors can build their careers through various learning options, including galleries, museums, and activities sponsored by nonprofit and community organizations. Developing an appreciation for the arts has a significant impact on people's well-being (Sickler-Voigt 54). Investing in skills can have a beneficial effect on the entire society.
Art education has been found to assist children in enhancing their memory and concentration and their ability to make sound judgments and communicate effectively. Children develop character traits such as resiliency, grit, and a growth mindset due to their involvement in the arts, which help them achieve academically and after high school. While this growth should occur naturally in an ideal setting, teachers frequently facilitate it. Clear expectations and goals and relating their efforts to the outcomes can assist students in shifting their motivation (Blandy and Bolin 54). As a result, a far superior and more durable learning environment is established.
Students can make tremendous progress and reach their full potential when an intrinsic drive is balanced with extrinsic rewards. Students engage in the activity early in their study of a particular art form because it is enjoyable (intrinsic motivation). On the other side, this ambition will only take them so far before stunting or even stopping their growth. Extrinsic motivation is crucial for children's development throughout this stage. This purpose can be accomplished through the administration of auditions and other forms of assessment. Participating in this way can assist your students in developing and progressing due to the good benefits of early intrinsic motivation. While either type of motivation can be beneficial, a combination of the two is the most effective (Lackey 183). Studying or practicing is about more than earning excellent grades or joining a desirable organization for many students.
A liberal arts education can help students develop their confidence, communication ability, and social abilities. It has been demonstrated that participants in art education programs develop cooperation skills and awareness of other points of view. Tolerance and social acceptance are promoted among pupils due to their increased understanding and comprehension of different cultures. One could argue that communication is the most vital part of living. When students study the arts, they develop a variety of communication skills. Being a band member forces them to develop verbal, physical, and emotional communication skills with their bandmates, conductor, and listeners. Similarly, a cast member must communicate both the spoken language and the script's more intangible emotions to an audience. The arts serve as a vehicle for transforming ideas and feelings into something unique: art.
Art programs place a premium on imagination and creativity, encouraging students to reach their most tremendous potential. Youth have placed a premium on creativity in recent years, and they value novel viewpoints on the world. Art activities are critical in assisting youngsters in developing a more global view of their place in the world. When it comes to problem-solving, students should develop the practice of "thinking beyond the box." Students enrolled in art programs set the ability to think creatively and nonlinearly, necessary for academic and professional success (Halverson and Weinstein 54). Numerous people outside the arts have benefited from teachers who instruct their students to "let their imaginations run wild."
Many challenges have been encountered while trying to promote art education. For instance, why would schools abruptly discontinue delivering arts teaching if they do it for a legitimate reason? That can be the result of years of budget cuts which many institutions experience. Why can the school not dismiss one or more sports teams if the art department may be eliminated? Rather than eliminating the art program, why not maintain one or two teams with fewer members and concentrate on other channels for artistic development, such as sports organizations outside of school grounds? After all, it's all for everyone's and the budget's benefit. Finding solutions to such problems has been an uphill task.
The concept of promoting art education needs to be taken more seriously regarding its importance. Students' potential is increased when they are engaged in arts activities. They boost self-esteem and social and communication skills. Another benefit is helping those interested in the profession identify and use their talents. It would be a shame to waste such benefits by not promoting them.
Works Cited
Blandy, Doug, and Paul Bolin. Learning Things: Material Culture in Art Education. Teachers College Press, 2018.
Halverson, Erica Rosenfeld, and Ellen Weinstein. How the Arts Can Save Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction (Technology, Education--Connections (The TEC Series)). Teachers College Press, 2021.
Lackey, Lara. "Arts Integration and School Reform." Arts Education Policy Review, vol. 117, no. 4, 2016, pp. 183–85. Crossref, doi:10.1080/10632913.2016.1213124.
Sickler-Voigt, Debrah. Teaching and Learning in Art Education: Cultivating Students' Potential from Pre-K through High School. 1st ed., Routledge, 2019.