In this first lecture of the course, we know that The Education Act 1990(NSW) requires NSW schools broaden students’ learning experience in Creative Arts through Drama and Dance. The Art syllabus explains that students engage in learning experiences in visual arts, music, drama and dance as part of their natural growth and development. However, learning in each of the artforms does not occur automatically. Regular learning experiences that are thoughtfully planned, sequenced and related are essential for developing students’ skills and knowledge and understanding within the artforms. They also contribute to the development of the whole child… (BOS, 2006, p. 5)
According to Gibson and Ewing (Gibson, 2011), it is important to teach Arts across the curriculum because the arts can help make link between background knowledge and what students learn outside the classroom and the new knowledge. Arts education helps students think more flexibly, learn multiple ways to interpret the world, express themselves, enhance collaboration, personalize their learning and to improve their problem solving skill and communication skill.
I was very interested in this idea and did more research and found an Arts Integration Curriculum versus a Non-Arts Integration Curriculum on the school experience of kindergarten through middle school students with Autism pointed to a very promising prospect using this method (Batson, 2010).
References
Batson, R. (2010). Effects of an arts integration curriculum versus a
non-arts integration curriculum on the school experiences of kindergarten
through middle school students with autism, 36. Ann Arbor: UMI Dissertations.
BOS, N. (2006). Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus. Sydney: Board of
Studies NSW.
Gibson, R. &. Ewing, R.(2011). Transforming the Curriculum through
the Arts. Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
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