Visual and Performing Arts Play an Important Role in Student Development

"Research shows that accepting schools for arts education can provide great benefits to economically disadvantaged young people and students at risk of leaving school" (Ruppert). The importance of providing visual and performing arts courses in art education has been controversial for several years. Many people think art education is not practical and it is a waste of time for participants. In fact, however, "students who dropped out of school say they are reasons for staying in art at school" (Ruppert).

Responsible use of resources is always an important issue and is particularly important for visual arts and performing arts. When working in art, students have the opportunity to interact with various media including books, art prints, artifacts, videos, electronic media, performance and drama. This information and the ethical behavior of using information technology is one of the nine student learning information literacy standards outlined in information intelligence.

Today visual art offers students new career opportunities. They learn new ways to observe the world and create art, and 10 years ago I realize that the new media has changed and spreads the role of artists in ways that no one could imagine. What students learned through visual art has become useful for expanding their careers in the field of visual art. (See Appendix C "Occupations in Visual and Performing Arts".) Improving vision and media literacy also improves the ability to acquire, evaluate, interpret, and exchange information in various media. A type of literacy that spans all course boundaries and applies to every aspect of life. Students can explore beyond trivia, identify the psychological content of symbols and icons, and learn about changes in the role of artists in the 21st century through the Internet.

Art education is important for students' intellectual, social, physical, and emotional growth and happiness. Artistic experiences - dance, drama, music, visual art - play an important role in enabling students to participate fully in the community and society as a whole. Children first learn the aesthetic reaction to the environment through the touch, taste, sound, scent, but its natural curiosity indicates the need for sensual experience. Visual arts education helps foster sensory consciousness