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- There are strong reasons to suspect that engagement in arts education can improve school climate, empower students with a sense of purpose and ownership, and enhance mutual respect for their teachers and peers.
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Feb 12, 2019 · There are strong reasons to suspect that engagement in arts education can improve school climate, empower students with a sense of purpose and ownership, and enhance mutual respect for their ...
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Sep 14, 2021 · The resulting report, Art for Life’s Sake: The Case for Arts Education, finds ample evidence for the attributes, values, and skills that come from arts education, including social and emotional development, improvements in school engagement, as well as more vital civic and social engagement.
Aug 30, 2022 · Arts education can help kids: Engage with school and reduce stress. Develop social-emotional and interpersonal skills. Enrich their experiences. Handle constructive criticism. Bolster...
Nov 4, 2021 · The resulting report, Art for Life’s Sake: The Case for Arts Education, offers ample evidence for the attributes, values and skills that come from arts education, including social and emotional development, better school engagement, and a more vital civic and social engagement.
- Introduction
- What Is The Research Underpinning It?
- Impact on Practice
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Advocates for arts education sometimes claim that apart from its intrinsic benefits, it can also have a positive influence on students’ academic and social development. There is, however, little scientific evidence to support this claim. This is why this study investigated the influence of arts education on student behaviour and their social and ac...
How did the researcher(s) conduct the research?
The study was a randomised controlled trial involving 10,548 3rd-8thgrade students in 42 schools that were chosen by lottery to receive extra arts teaching. Arts education was provided through community-school partnerships by teaching artists, cultural institutions and local arts organisations. The study investigated the causal effect of these community-school arts partnerships in the first year of implementation. The researchers were interested to find out if a substantial increase in arts e...
What were the key findings from the study?
Increased arts education had a statistically significantly positive effect on students’ behaviour, their writing development and their compassion for others. The proportion of students receiving disciplinary action decreased by 3.6%, their writing achievement increased by 0.13 of one standard deviation and their compassion for others increased by 0.08 points of one standard deviation. The effect on students’ maths, science and reading achievement was also positive but the difference between i...
Where there any limitations to the study?
The survey population differed in a number of ways from the target population. For example, they were more likely to be female and white, less likely to have received disciplinary action and achieved better academically. However, when intervention and control groups are compared, they only differed in baseline reading achievement and this difference was not statistically significant. Male African American students were more likely to receive disciplinary actions than their peers, which may ex...
What ideas might you adopt for your own classroom?
This study shows that arts education can have a positive impact on students’ academic outcomes, their behaviour and other factors such as their compassion, their college aspirations and the perceived value of the arts. It thus emphasises the importance of a broad and balanced curriculum for all students but particularly for students with EAL, gifted and talented students and students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
What questions does the research raise for teachers?
The study raises the question of how schools can establish sustainable community-school partnerships to increase their arts offer, particularly in the context of increased accountability and decreased funding.
What are the limitations of this study on teachers’ practice?
The study focused on community-school partnerships and the intervention programme was developed as a whole-school approach. It may be difficult for classroom teachers to establish similar partnerships if school leaders or colleagues do not support the initiative.
Bowen DH and Kisida B (2019) Investigating Causal Effects of Arts Education Experiences: Experimental Evidence from Houston’s Arts Access Initiative. Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Available at: https://kinder.rice.edu/sites/g/files/bxs1676/f/documents/Investigating%20Causal%20Effects%20of%20Arts%20Education%20Experiences%20Final_0.pdf(a...
Nov 17, 2015 · The House of Lords recently argued for arts to be part of the core curriculum to encourage the development of creativity, critical thinking, motivation and self-confidence – skills...
the past year underscore the precarious nature of arts education in our nation’s schools. This report offers a clarion call to parents, teachers, and governments at the national, state, and local level to recognize the vital role arts education plays in developing empathetic, well-rounded, and civically engaged individuals who
