Peer review

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Jacky Chen

Professor Navarro

English 1A

4 November, 2021

Arts Education Is Vital

Outline

● Art is necessary for adolescent growth. "The arts activate the brain's hippocampus, which

aids in the development of empathy and emotional awareness in youngsters" (Gert 9).

● The most practical method for improving conceptual learning and engagement in today's

standardized test-driven education system is to provide a distinctive informal setting,

such as bio-diversity gardens and parks and museum-like surroundings. Informal

education brings classroom topics to life by allowing students to apply principles taught

in class.

● The art curriculum in California has fluctuated throughout the decades due to financial

constraints and an almost exclusive emphasis on reading, arithmetic, and scientific

achievement. (Checker and Fishman 54).

● Art is the portrayal, application, or manifestation of creative skill and inventiveness via

visual mediums such as sculpture and painting.

● Kerry states that art education was created in response to several cultural influences.

Integrating art education into other fields of study is critical for schools, students, and

parents to develop abilities, culture, and morals.

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● Throughout history, the threads have intermingled, and their fights have concentrated on

the essential issues facing American society, such as conceptions of enjoyment and work,

individuality and democracy, and what constituted social and scientific reality.

● It is even more crucial today, given the virus's prolonged isolation of students. The arts

help us to communicate with one another and feel sympathy for one another (Biesta).

● I claim that arts education is critical in California and that every kid, whether they

participate online or in person, has the right to access it.

Rough Draft

Art education is the process of acquiring information about the visual, tactile, and

performing arts. Additionally, visual arts education includes drawing, painting, and ceramics, and

this subset of art education laid the groundwork for the development of the others. As the world's

technology advances, art education incorporates cutting-edge trends such as photography, design,

film, and video. A competent educator instructs students using a sequential method based on

industry standards as part of the core curriculum. Teachers must develop strategies for

integrating arts into the classroom for the benefit of their pupils. These methods include

requiring students to write a screenplay, compose music to convey a subject, and create memory

dances, work arts, and theater based on the notion. Additionally, assigning students to create and

design promotional brochures and posters is an excellent method to integrate arts into the K-12

classroom. I claim that arts education is critical in California and that every kid, whether they

participate online or in person, has the right to access it.

Art is necessary for adolescent growth. "The arts activate the brain's hippocampus, which

aids in the development of empathy and emotional awareness in youngsters" (Gert 9). Schools

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that provide this kind of instruction are among the most progressive in terms of education and

technology. It is critical to encourage learners from varied socioeconomic, psychological, and

economic backgrounds and educational stakeholders. Art education is about creativity, and as a

result, the degree of invention is increased. In schools or any other setting where art instruction is

provided, technical abilities are developed; students understand everyday life phenomena. This

event focuses on enhanced communication in art presentations, motor skills, decision-making,

risk-taking, and handling capacities. Time is a vital component of art education, and hence

instructors and students of art benefit from increased time use. Art accommodates kids who

perform below-average in class since art is not about the theoretical but about the pragmatism of

life.

The most practical method for improving conceptual learning and engagement in today's

standardized test-driven education system is to provide a distinctive informal setting, such as

bio-diversity gardens and parks and museum-like surroundings. Informal education brings

classroom topics to life by allowing students to apply principles taught in class (Gert 14).

Teachers or instructors of arts education are supposed to adhere to a specific educational

level—these straightforward guidelines instructors on how to provide visual and performing arts

to children effectively. In January 2019, the California State Board of Education established the

California Arts Standards to accomplish a specified aim. These requirements are intended to

guarantee that kids get a comprehensive arts education. Students' artistic competencies are

developed in methods that create enjoyment and knowledge of the arts that may be translated to

personal, intellectual, and professional spheres of life.

The art curriculum in California has fluctuated throughout the decades due to financial

constraints and an almost exclusive emphasis on reading, arithmetic, and scientific achievement.

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(Checker and Fishman 54). This adds to the burden of a low priority since arts education has

been assigned a low priority in public schools during the previous decade. Like many other

states, California should make plans to open schools following state legislation and county

endorsements.

Art is the portrayal, application, or manifestation of artistic skill and inventiveness via

visual mediums such as sculpture and painting. The artists' work has made significant help to

society, resulting in a tidal change in how people see real-world events. Brain research

demonstrates that engagement in art unequivocally is very beneficial to the educational process.

Art contributes to the maturation of brain systems by balancing emotional states and honing fine

motor abilities.

Kerry states that art education was created in response to several cultural influences.

Integrating art education into other fields of study is critical for schools, students, and parents to

develop abilities, culture, and morals. Art is inextricably linked to improved relationships among

students, society, and educational systems. Art education motivates me to work in other fields.

This is accomplished by including natural and brainstorming concerns that stimulate learners'

thinking and help them transform their shortcomings and weaknesses into strengths. Art

education is critical for maintaining active brains. It is a safeguard against malevolent and

mediocre-minded individuals who participate in drug misuse and criminal activity. Policymaking

is more effective when examples are used, and youngsters use art education as a vehicle for

policymaking. In a nutshell, art is an education in confronting fear.

Throughout history, the threads have intermingled, and their fights have concentrated on

the essential issues facing American society, such as conceptions of enjoyment and work,

individuality and democracy, and what constituted social and scientific reality. According to

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research, instructors who have a high level of self-efficacy for arts education are more likely to

incorporate arts into their classrooms; however, the converse is true for teachers who have a low

level of self-efficacy for the arts (Kerry 26). They state that even if a pre-service teacher has

some previous experience, they have minimal expertise in arranging and programming arts

events. When all of this is considered, it is clear that educators need professional development to

apply art successfully in their tutorial room. Visual arts teachers should begin their professional

development as pre-service teachers and continue throughout their careers until they are

confident in teaching the subject matter.

It is even more crucial today, given the virus's prolonged isolation of students. The arts help

us to communicate with one another and feel sympathy for one another (Biesta). For example, art

students learn how to develop into continuous, self-directed learners. Additionally, involvement

in art enables children to form stronger bonds with one another, resulting in increased peer

support. Art provides opportunities for all children, from the talented to the elementary level, to

overcome obstacles. Additionally, it tends to reach out to kids who are not often reached and in

ways not typically used. Additionally, instead of being dissatisfied with being robotically fed

knowledge, students may participate in self-discovery.

To summarize, art education is critical in the lives of all students. Students of all ages need

an ambitious and comprehensive education that incorporates the arts from kindergarten to

university. Numerous data demonstrate rather convincingly that involvement in art promotes

academic advancement across all subject areas and is critical to a well-rounded education. Art

education strongly encourages creativity, which is the number one talent businesses value when

recruiting people in today's day and age

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Works cited

Biesta, Gert. "What If? Art Education beyond Expression and Creativity." The

International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education, Jan. 2019, pp. 1–10,

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118978061.ead058.

Checker, Melissa, and Maggie Fishman. Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and

Public Life in America, Columbia University Press, 2004. ProQuest Ebook Central,

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/sjsu/detail.action?docID=909222.

Freedman, Kerry. Art Education as Social Production: Culture, Society, and Politics in the

Formation of Curriculum. Falmer Press, Taylor And Francis Publications, Frost

Road, Suite 101, Bristol, Pa 7, 2018.

Gardner Ph.D., Amanda. "Dr. Larry Brewster and California Arts-in-Corrections: A case

study in correctional arts research." Journal of Prison Education and Reentry 6.2

(2020): 194-200.