Arts Education Is Not a Frill!

Autor/in	Spillane, Robert R.
Institution	National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA.
Titel	Arts Education Is Not a Frill!
Quelle	In: Updating School Board Policies, 18 (1987) 8, S.1-3 (5 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Aesthetic Education; Art Education; Cultural Education; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Fine Arts; Humanistic Education; Humanities Instruction; Language Arts; Literature Appreciation; Music Education; Relevance (Education); Theater Arts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ästhetische Bildung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Culture; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildende Kunst; Humanistische Bildung; Geisteswissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sprachkultur; Literarische Wertung; Musikerziehung; Relevance; Relevanz; Theaterwissenschaft
Abstract	The arts, rather than being just a "frill," are essential to a public school curriculum, because music, painting, poetry, dance, drama, architecture, and the other arts are media of human communication, conceptualization, and innovation. This argument is developed through affirmative responses to five questions: (1) Should education provide the opportunity for students to develop their artistic and creative potential? (2) Should education provide an opportunity for students to study and interpret the literature, drama, music, dance, and visual arts of today's and of previous civilizations? (3) Should education provide the opportunity for all students to learn varied means of expression and communication in order to reinterpret the human condition for future generations? (4) Does education have the responsibility for developing all of an individual's mental resources so that he or she may be a fully functioning human being? (5) Does education have the responsibility for developing literacy in all of the arts and providing intense preparation in at least one of the arts? It is concluded that the arts have a central role to play in the development of educated human beings. (TE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01