while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life” (Diggs). Daveed Diggs, a singer and performer found a passion in the arts. The arts are brought into students worlds in middle and high school, which is when they are truly trying to find who they are. Just like it did to Diggs, the education of the arts can change lives. Education that alumni get at school is how they learn to love creative arts. If the arts get cut, there will be no life changing…
Fine arts is a visual art that is known for creativity. I think that every student should have access to fine arts education. Every school should have a fine arts program. Fine arts have been proven to help with child development. Many schools and parents believe that phone or what is needed but do not have the budget to provide this. Almost all schools in Alabama have little to no fighting or education. There are no programs that are trying to fill in the gap in between or is education. Many…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela once said. With higher education comes a consciousness of the world around us, which has its own privileges and burdens that come along with the knowledge. The purpose of higher education is to expand the students’ comprehension of a subject of their choice while making sure they become well rounded individuals. A liberal arts education produces students with a broader self-awareness, which can cause a…
Growing up, having art as a part of our daily curriculum was important. Throughout the years, some schools find that art education isn’t really a necessity. Personally, I find art education to be crucial to a students’ learning experience. When it comes to art education, it isn’t always about the art; it is about what positive things students can take away from the art. Some of the many positive effects not only help with making students’ art beautiful, but it also helps a student in and out…
If art were not an option during my formative years, I would not be the person I am today, socially or academically. Growing up in a military family, I attended a different school about every three years. This is no easy task for a developing adolescent. The changing school curriculum left me feeling inadequate and unprepared for the next. Math being my most troubling subject. Simple addition and subtraction were easy enough to grasp, but computations involving multiplication, division and…
Integrating art unlocks the doors to learning, it is an important essential in today’s higher education. Some may ask what is the integration of arts? “Is an approach to teaching that integrates the fine and performing art.” A more-broad understanding is through the four essentials Yo-Yo Ma describes as, collaboration, flexible thinking, disciplined imagination and empathy. Yo-Yo Ma is a widely known cellist and songwriter, that started producing music from the age of five and has won over…
Arts education in public schools is a topic people are discussing because they are questioning whether it really does impact student success. Critics may think arts education is not relevant towards the real-world and future student career success because they do not see the significant benefits visual and performing arts have on student learning. Parents result in sending their child to a school that has a curriculum based on Common Core State Standards, which has a focus on English and math.…
Art Educations: The Positive effects towards human brain It help low socioeconomic status teenagers and adults have 15 percent more likely to enroll in a highly or moderate selective four-year college than low-arts, low socioeconomics status students, students with access to it are three times more likely than students who lacked those experiences to earn a bachelor’s degree. If you are wondering what it refers to, I’m talking about art educations. Today I am here to inform you about the…
Importance of Arts in Education When you think about the things that have shaped your life, an obvious choice for most would be high school. It is where you finally start to grow up and experience things in more of an adult perspective; this includes relationships, responsibilities, decision making, having a job, learning finances, etc. In high school, your parent, family, teachers, and elders close to you begin to start putting more pressure on you yet loosen the reins. By this I…
American History’s Contributions to a Liberal Arts Education To have a liberal arts education in today’s society brings a major advantage in many aspects of life. Not only is the liberal arts teachings one of the oldest forms in American history, but it is established in many of the greater distinguished universities in the country. Liberal arts education poses a great chance to learn how to think, instead of what to think. It basis its teachings on the thoughts of Plato, Augustine, and many…