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The Importance of

Art in Education

Jeffrey Gold
March 23, 2009

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What is Art?

Art is an intellectual construct that gives


rise to a positive emotional response when
created with the correct intention.
Eli Khamarov

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The Arts
• Hear • Touch
• Music • Ballet
• See • Dance
• Painting • Speak
• Photography • Poetry
• Film • Think
• Taste & Smell • Sciences
• Culinary • Engineering
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Arguments Against
Liberal Agenda
Not Important
Detracts from Fundamentals
Lack of Funding

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Arguments Against

• Students given wrong impression of


working in the Arts as an economically
unsustainable endeavor
• “You can make a fortune, but you can’t make
a living.”

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Arguments For

The arts embody the most profoundly


central task of all education—
the nuanced development of mind.

European League of Institutes of the Arts

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The Arts helps students achieve in the
arts and in other academic disciplines

• The arts have a special potential


for engaging all students.
• The traditional practices of the
arts can improve teaching and
learning in all areas.

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The Arts prepare students for
the workplace

The arts demand:


• high standards • discipline
• analytical thinking • teamwork
• creative thinking • persistence
• innovation • follow-through
• practice • product delivery
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America’s ability to
compete internationally

• Other countries ensure their students


develop mental and emotional capabilities

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How are we doing right now?

• $10,418 expended per student


50 million students, $519 billion dollars
• Scientific Literacy (2006)
• 486/1000 Phenomena (26/46)
• 489/1000 Scientific Reasoning (26/46)
• Mathematics (2006)
• 474/1000 (Rank: 32/53)
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pART of the United States economy

• 6% of GNP
• Positive trade balance
• Local economies
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Art brings parents
to schools

• Exhibit student works


• Showcase student performances
Artwork (c) Pily Torres

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Lack of Funding

• Federal and State Government funding is


dwindling

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Thank you

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