ARTS EDUCATION
Philosophy For A Comprehensive Arts Education Program
We believe that arts education, including dance, drama/theater, music and visual art, is essential to the basic education of all students in Perrysburg Schools because:
- The arts represent the most telling imprints of any civilization, serving as records of history, expressions and beliefs.
- The arts are basic symbol systems by which people communicate, express and acquire understanding.
- The arts represent forms of thinking and ways of knowing and participating with the world through cognitive and sensory experiences.
- The arts embody the deepest expressions of our humanity.
Arts education experiences lead students to:
I. an understanding of the role of the arts in people's lives in which they come to appreciate the artistic achievements of their own and other societies, past and present;
II. an ability to communicate through the arts in which they develop competencies in perceiving, creative thinking, qualitative problem solving and technical proficiency;
III. an ability to respond to the arts in which they perceive aesthetic relationships, interpret meanings and judge significance; and
IV. an understanding of why people value the arts in which they formulate their own personal philosophies of the arts.
Arts Education Program Goals And Objectives
Program Goals
I. Historical, cultural and social contexts: understanding the role of the Arts in people's lives.
II. Personal expression and production/performance: communicating through the Arts.
III. Arts criticism: responding to the Arts.
IV. Nature and meaning of the Arts: valuing the Arts.
Program Objectives
As a result of a successful Arts education all learners will:
A. Discern the reciprocal influence of the Arts and social, ethnic, political, spiritual, moral, economic, environmental and technological issues in diverse periods and times.
B. Distinguish the commonalities, as well as the idiosyncratic nature, of artistic expression as seen in the histories, styles and traditions of the Arts.
C. Discover the relationships among the Arts disciplines and other forms of cultural expression.
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