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Arts Integration
About Arts Integration
Arts integration is a teaching approach that uses the arts as a way for students to construct meaning and demonstrate understanding in both the art form and another subject area, meeting specific evolving objectives in both. Learning can take place through any artistic medium that utilizes the creative process as a means of ongoing self expression, and can be linked through authentic connections with the processes, knowledge and skills of another subject area. Authentic connections involve creating purposeful links between the creative process and/or art form with elements of the subject area that lead to a deeper understanding of both the art form and the subject area. This deeper understanding should meet specific, significant learning goals that can be measured through multiple forms of assessment and be part of an ongoing learning process that continues to expand the students' understanding of the art form and subject area.
Our web portal - ASCArtsIntegration.org - was developed to disseminate learnings from ASC's ArtStart Program, which trained over 500 teachers in 97 Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools and provided artist residencies to 15,000 students. On this site, you'll find videos, lesson plans, tips and other information developed through the life of the program that provide a framework to help others integrate the arts in learning.
| Last June, the Arts & Science Council hosted author Daniel Pink in the Knight Theatre, at the newly-named Levine Center for the Arts. More than 500 individuals joined us for his fascinating presentation on the importance of creative thinking and the unique value of the arts in helping young people develop critical right- and left-brain abilities necessary for leadership in a global economy. Click here to view Daniel Pink's follow-up video message on the value of arts integration in our educational systems, and we hope you'll continue to help us advocate for arts and culture as a critical component to a complete education. |
Professional development in arts integration strategies for teachers, training for teaching artists and opportunities for schools/teachers to experience classroom residences continue to be high priorities for ASC. We are exploring more effective and cost efficient models for high quality arts integration programs that meet the needs of the education community.
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