THE IMPORTANCE OF ART EDUCATION
THINKING SKILLS USED IN ART :
INVENTION
EXPLORATION
EXPERIMENTATION
IMAGINATION
THINKING SKILLS IN ART BECOME THE FOUNDATION FOR :
THINKING PATTERNS AND ABILITIES THAT TRANSFER TO OTHER AREAS OF LIFE.
BENEFITS OF ART :
Motor skills
Cognitive skills
Visual learning
Inventiveness
People skills
Motor skillsMotions involved in making art, are essential for fineMotor skills.
Pencil
Paint brush
Clay sculptures
Finger painting
Paper and scissors…
Cognitive skills
Creative thinking
Problem solving
Making decisions
Risk-taking
Fine arts provide benefits wichInfluence into other parts of life : Promoting
Self-steemMotivationFocus
Visual learning
DRAWINGPAINTINGESCULPTING
developeVISUAL-SPATIAL skills
ART EDUCATION teaches students to : interpret criticize VISUAL INFORMATION use
help kids become SMART CONSUMERSGRAPHIC SYMBOLISM
Inventiveness
Practise
THINKINGCREATIVELY
for their future careers
Art allows kids to express themselves,Take risks and develope a sense of :
INNOVATIONandCREATIVITY
People skills
Students learn that their contributionto the group is integral to its success
COLLABORATION
WORK AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM
Sense of wonderFlexibilityFairness
Contribution…
Age,sex or origin does not matter,only the qualityof the work does.
Howard Gadner suggests there are more than two intelligences (logical-mathematical and linguistic.) :
BODILY-KINESTHETICMUSICALSPATIALINTERPERSONALINTRAPERSONAL
ARTS in the school offers to students :
•Opportunities of develope diferent “intelligences”•Different ways of expressing thoughts,experiences and feelings.
Attitudes they will need to contribute to modern world.
“SCIENCE GIVES US ORDER IN THOUGHTS,MORALITY GIVES US ORDER IN ACTIONS,ART GIVES US ORDER IN APPREHENSION
OF VISIBLE,TANGIBLE AND AUDIBLE APPEARIANCES.”
ERNST CASSIRER