The article "Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common" from edutopia.org discusses how teachers can still use the arts - may it be visual art, music, theatre, or dance - to better aid in their lessons under the Common Core Standards. Most teachers find it challenging to "integrate" because it is more than just merging two or more lessons together. When a teacher decides to ingegrate, he or she must have an end product (or goal, rather) in mind. There needs to be a purpose behind the integration.
I really like the points that were made in this article - access points and true equity.
Access points says that our society places a high emphasis on the arts. We see it everyday though advertising. If we, as a society, value it so much, why are we NOT placing an emphasis on it in our educational frameworks? As humans we are more likely to respond to something that stands out, like seeing a bright advertisement on a billboard rather a boring ''wanted ad'' in the Classifieds of the daily newspaper. True equity says that integrating arts help students learn in a way that meets their own unique cultural, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. So, why are we teaching and testing kids as if they were all the same? It is good to have the same goal for all students; however, reaching those goals will be different for each individual.
Personally, I LOVE the arts. And you can bet that I will be finding so many ways to integrate them into how I teach the Common Core Standards with my classes. Children respond better and learn better when they are able to express themselves through some form of art. They are up and moving around, and that registers better with them than just sitting at a table, reading.
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