The Arts exist in every aspect of our daily lives and it is one of the most important component in aiding children’s early development. Children naturally love art and since they were born, they were being exposed to art through media, songs, paintings and more. In recent years, school curricular in Australia have slowly prioritize Arts education and Australian National Curriculum had listed the Arts as a compulsory subject area in Australian schooling. Integrating the Arts into Primary context benefit children’s learning in many ways. In 2002, a report by the Arts Education Partnership suggested that student exposed to music, drama, dance and visual art are often more proficient at reading, writing, and math (Artis, 2013).
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Years of research show that primary children’s engagement with Arts Education contributes to their development in many different aspects such as language development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, development of cultural awareness and self-identity and more (Oddeliefson, 1994). Mrs. M provided some examples of her implication of the Arts in primary classroom and its benefits. Not only she teaches children how to draw things, she also gets the children to learn how to make ceramic sculpture from clay, paint with hands, explore different methods of printing, making paper collage and more. Mrs. M explained that she will always get children to use verbal language to describe the process of making art or the outcomes of the …show more content…
According to Jean Piaget’s Developmental theory, primary school children are at concrete operational stage (Lansing, 1966). During this stage, children begin to develop the fundamentals of logic, they are gain the ability to sort objects and classify object by its features. But children often faced difficulty in understanding abstract ideas. For instance, if a teacher told the class that a pentagon consisted five sides and five corners, children might struggle to understand the concept. Every child has different learning styles. Arts form are so adaptable and can be mold into different teaching strategies, either visually, musically or kinesthetically (Lansing, 1966).
Sadly, with all the benefits that Arts education contributes, Arts education in primary school in Australia has still been described as falling short of expectations (Duncum, 1998). Many educators have not meet the expectations of Arts education curriculum. This is often influenced by educator lack of confidence in teaching Arts because they are nervous about their own artistic abilities (Duncum, 1998). When Mrs. M was asked about her opinions, she humorously
In order to further …show more content…
Years of research show that primary children’s engagement with Arts Education contributes to their development in many different aspects such as language development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, development of cultural awareness and self-identity and more (Oddeliefson, 1994). Mrs. M provided some examples of her implication of the Arts in primary classroom and its benefits. Not only she teaches children how to draw things, she also gets the children to learn how to make ceramic sculpture from clay, paint with hands, explore different methods of printing, making paper collage and more. Mrs. M explained that she will always get children to use verbal language to describe the process of making art or the outcomes of the …show more content…
According to Jean Piaget’s Developmental theory, primary school children are at concrete operational stage (Lansing, 1966). During this stage, children begin to develop the fundamentals of logic, they are gain the ability to sort objects and classify object by its features. But children often faced difficulty in understanding abstract ideas. For instance, if a teacher told the class that a pentagon consisted five sides and five corners, children might struggle to understand the concept. Every child has different learning styles. Arts form are so adaptable and can be mold into different teaching strategies, either visually, musically or kinesthetically (Lansing, 1966).
Sadly, with all the benefits that Arts education contributes, Arts education in primary school in Australia has still been described as falling short of expectations (Duncum, 1998). Many educators have not meet the expectations of Arts education curriculum. This is often influenced by educator lack of confidence in teaching Arts because they are nervous about their own artistic abilities (Duncum, 1998). When Mrs. M was asked about her opinions, she humorously