Educating through the Arts!!!
A Teacher's Guide to Arts Integration.
Why don't more educators use Arts Integration?
Why don't we use it more or do we?
| ~ Time constraints are huge with the requirement of a set # of hours on the core subjects of rdg. wrg. and math. | ~ Integrating arts requires additional planning and materials preparation that teachers often don't have time for. The many programs we teach now also don't allow time for the arts. |
| ~ More work/planning ... distracts students. | ~ Maybe it's a personal comfort level or a misconception that when kids are active and moving there's a lack of control. |
| ~ Can be hard to find activities/lessons. | To a certain extent, I think that these are valid arguments. However, the time constraint can be dealt with by actually integrating art into the lessons. |
Laura Bascom
THDA 721 01
Final Project
December 17, 2008
lbascom@unh.edu