Connecting Art, Learning, and Creativity: A Case for Curriculum Integration

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Professor Dance, founder of the Bailedance Project in June, said: "Liberal arts education companies are comprehensive, educate students to be creative and flexible, and use their energy in various ways." Boden's connection with art is a good beginning. In 1811, James Bowden III concealed his huge collection of art objects at Boden and unveiled the first European paintings, printmaking and painting college collections in Europe. The Bowdoin family added its impressive portrait series in 1826. Walker Art Museum opened in 1894 and is one of the first university museum buildings in the country.

From the fifth grade, students began to participate in science fairs and began pre-algebraic learning. The integration of art into the curriculum is not about art itself, but about how art relates to history, science and language art. When I am in 5th grade, I am producing art projects using sculpture, painting, clay and multimedia. Also, in the fifth grade, students learn research skills (including reference citation methods) and create their own media presentations.

Schools incorporating art into the curriculum find art attract students and teachers' attention. Studies of experimental schools (specialized in schools with children with learning disabilities) have discovered that art continues to include students with disabilities in observation, rehearsal, weighing and judgment - they are all It is a basic metacognition tool for student learning. Learning, behavior and attention disorders are often difficult. Art also helps students acquire concepts and establish relationships between academic subjects such as mathematics, English, science. In three areas of listening to music and space-time reasoning, learning music and space reasoning, learning theater and verbal skills, and theater and language skills, research links arts and academic achievements (Mason, Steedly, & Thormann, 2005).