“Repeatedly teachers and leaders reported that their school’s arts integration program had strengthened staff collegiality and collaboration.”8
It is important as educators to collaborate with each other and it's a great thing to bring art into it. I think the reason why is because they bring in their own creative ideas and share them. Also, it helps students in the long run because they get more ideas outside of their own teachers.
Arts integration energizes teachers by providing increased professional satisfaction
I would have to agree that this helps teachers with satisfaction. When I was in school, I noticed that the teachers I learned the most from were the ones that incorporated art. They seem \ed a lot happier than the ones that didn't. It helped to not only bring out my creative side but alos kept me enagaged as a student.
In contrast to a one-size-fits-all curriculum, arts integration offers personalized learning.
I agree that art offers personalized learning for students. Not only do students learn in a different way, but they also have a unique way to learn.
Whole Child Tenet 3: Each student is actively engaged in learning and is connected to the school and broader community.
I agree that it is important for students to actively participate to be engaged in class. It also gives them a sense of community when they are engaged in what they are learning.
Through arts integration, students use alternative ways (e.g., dancing, acting, writing, speaking, drawing, singing) to make sense of content they are learning and to demonstrate their understandings.
I agree with this because, students need to find a way to make sense of what they are learning. Every student most of the time has some art form they connect with. As educators, it is important for us to utilize these types of art forms to get our students to learn.
In both differentiated instruction and arts integration, the classroom’s physical environment is flexible. In arts integration, furniture is moved to allow for movement, theatrical or dance improvisations, or for various groupings. Students carry out routines for efficiently and quietly setting and re-setting furniture. Teachers organize materials and establish efficient routines for distribution and clean-up. The classroom reflects a student-centered focus with interesting displays documenting students’ creative process and the products they have created.
I agree with this because, it is important for students to have a place that allows them to focus on their creative sides. As an example, if I may talk about. I was a theatre student through high school and one specific class came to mind. In Drama 4, we did this process called Libby Appel. Within this process was given a clean slate for us to work from. Our whole classroom space was cleared out and as students we had control. Not only was it great for self-expression, but it also taught us to show our creativity with a clean slate. We as student were given instructions but as control of our successes in the process. The reason I brought this up is because, it is important as educators to teach students to use their own creativity. I think that is when students learn the most.
provide students with feedback they can use to improve the quality of their work, and help students see and feel in control of their journey to success.”
I agree with this quote because, students can learn from what needs to be improved on assignments and can control what success they have in the end.
We collect evidence of learning by observing small groups or individual students at work in the following ways: Observe students’ behaviors—what they do.We observe how students are interacting with the content (e.g., on task/disengaged) and on their social/emotional behaviors (e.g., collaborative/withdrawn.) Listen to and engage students in conversations—what they say.We listen to students’ conversations and engage them in purposeful talk. We may have brief impromptu discussions with them to assess understanding and diagnose the reasons for any misunderstandings or misconceptions. Look at the products they create.We observe what students create and listen to what they say about it.
I think these are important steps when checking to see if students are learning. It is important to observe what they are doing with the content to see what has been learned in the process.
The arts offer teachers multiple means for providing information to a wide range of learners, multiple means for all students to make sense of and express their understandings, and multiple means for engaging all students in participatory, collaborative, authentic, and energizing learning experiences.
I agree that this offers educators a way to teach students in different way. Sometimes as educators this is the only way to connect with your students.
Arts integration engages students in the creative process which offers a universal pathway to learning. Students 1) imagine, examine, and perceive; 2) explore, experiment, and develop craft; 3) create; 4) reflect, assess, and revise, and 5) share their products with others.
I think this an important thing to remember with steps for students. This is the ultimate way to keep students engaged on what they are learning.