Think Children Don’t Need ART In the 21st Century?

Collaborate
& Cooperate
THINK AGAIN!
An Arts Education Teaches Children To...
Problem-Solve
• To Keep an Open Mind • Hone Decision-
• Explore Further Info Making Skills
• Entertain Different • Develop Skills in
Possibilities Reasoning &
• Move Forward to Understanding
• Compromise for Common Goal
• Work together New Insight & • Be Attentive to Details,
• Take Responsibility • Share responsibility Understanding of Perceptions & Ideas
• Understand Their for Mistakes.
Actions Affect Others • Realize Their Contribution
• Realize Is Important to the Success
• Realize Even Small Mistakes of the Group Self-Direct
Contributions Happen • Persevere!
Have Value • Practice Follow-Through • Develop Healthy
• Improve Academic Work Habits
Performace
Communicate
• Receive Constructive Feedback • Communicate Different Emotions Be Socially
• Develop Language
By Talking About Art &
• Realize Feedback
is a Part of Learning
• Interpret Visual
Information
Responsible
• Act Responsibly • Know & Appreciate
Describing Creations • Breakdown the Mechanics With The Interests
• Experience Different Diverse Societies
• Improve Skills • Develop Visual of Body Language Ways of Moving of the Larger
Through Communication Skills Community In Mind • Interpret & Evaluate
• Portray a Character Effectively Others’ Perceptions
Evaluation • Understand Choices
of Reality
Artists & Designers Make

Be Creative Be Fluent With

• Think on Their Feet
• Take Creative • Develop a Sense of
Technology
• Approach Tasks Innovation • Develop Information • Create Information in a
From Different Risks
& Media Literacy Skills Variety of Forms & Media
Perspectives • Practice Creative • Be Original!
• Utilize Today’s Digial & Social Media
• Interweave Ideas Thinking Until
As An Appropriate Vehicle For Their Message
Into New Possibilities It Becomes Natural
(Computers, iPads, Video, Digital Cameras, and more!)

Resources:
Organize Burton, Judith M. “The Configuration of Meaning: Learning-Centered Art Education Revisited.” Studies in Art Education: A
Journal of Issues and Education. 2000. Web. 6 Nov 2013.
• Concentrate
• Develop Motor Skills “We live in an age when the most valuable asset any
& Focus “List of 21st Century Skills.” CAIS 21st Century. CAIS Commission on Professional Development Wiki. n.d. Web. 1 Nov 2013.
economy can have is the ability to be creative—
• Keep a Balance • Think About Their Role Lynch, Grace Hwang. “The Importance of Art in Child Development.” PBSParents. The PBS Foundation. n.d. Web. 4 Nov 2013.
to spark and imagine new ideas, be they Broadway
Between Listening & How It Contributes tunes, great books, iPads or new cancer drugs.”
To the Big Picture Strauss, Valerie. “Top 10 Skills Children Learn From The Arts.” The Washington Post. Jan 24. Web. 4 Nov 2013.
& Contributing —Thomas Freiedman, New York Times, August 4, 2010
of What is Being Created Designed by: Brandie Pettus, 2013 "The Visual Arts: So Much More Than What You See." NAEA. n.d. Pamphlet.
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