BENEFITS OF TEACHING THE ARTS

Cognitive Benefits
1. Improves and strengthens thinking processes
  1. Develops Higher Order Thinking Skills
    1. Analysis
      1. Analysing artworks and performances
      2. Reasoning
      3. Compares and contrasts
    2. Synthesis
      1. Planning, designing, creating,
    3. Evaluation
      1. Questioning and explaining
      2. Making judgements
  2. Developing divergent thinking
    1. Creative Solutions
    2. Learning from mistakes
      1. Being free to make them
      2. Perseverance
    3. Exploring different ways of doing
      1. Learning discipline specific skills
      2. Experimenting
        Quantity of ideas rather than quality
2. Helps students to engage in their learning
  1. Embracing problems
  2. Learn to take ownership of their learning
  3. Across the curriculum
3. Addresses the General Capabilities
  1. Literate Demands
    1. Analysing
    2. Evaluating
    3. Justifying choices
    4. Reflecting
    5. Learning subject specific vocabulary
  2. Numerate Demands
    1. Spatial awareness
    2. Sequencing
  3. Digital Demands
    1. Use of various Apps and programs
      1. App or program specific knowledge
      2. Creating videos, books, presentations etc.
    2. Research
4. Can have a positive impact on students with Autism
  1. A form of non-verbal communication which can create common ground between peers and the teacher
  2. Can act as a form of therapy
    1. Creating a safe space
  3. Helps to develop interpersonal and social skills
  4. Sensory Stimulation
5. Facilitates inquiry based learning
  1. Asking questions
    1. Investigating
      1. Creating
        Discussing
        Reflecting
Social and Emotional Benefits
1. Respect for self and others
  1. Appreciate diversity
    1. Different ways of knowing
    2. Different ways of understanding
    3. Accepting cultural, physical, emotional and mental differences
      1. Arts can help reduce stigma around disabilities and learning difficulties
      2. Social Inclusion
  2. Valuing their own and other people's creations
    1. Creates a sense of community
2. Stimulates imagination and creativity
  1. Learn to respond emotionally
3. Expression
  1. Creating pieces to convey meaning, emotion, feelings, ideas etc.
  2. Becoming self-aware
    1. Learning to identify emotions
      1. Beneficial for students with Autism
  3. Gives students a voice
    1. Gives all students a way to express how they feel without words
4. Sharing artworks increases social skills
5. Facilitates collaborative learning
  1. Teamwork
  2. Improves social skills
6. Builds self-confidence
7. Improves communication skills
8. Exploring different perspectives
  1. Ideas different to their own
  2. Cultures different to their own
Physical Benefits
1. Developing Fine Motor Skills
  1. Dexterity and Control
    1. Through using pens, pencils, paint brushes, computers and other tools for use in the arts
      1. Essential for other areas such as writing and typing
  2. Hand-eye coordination
2. Developing Gross Motor Skills
  1. Balance and stability
    1. Endurance
3. Body awareness
  1. Understanding personal space
    1. Respecting the personal space of others
    2. Understanding spatial relationships
      1. In dance and drama
      2. In visual and digital arts
        Appreciating aesthetics
  2. Interpreting Body Language and facial expressions
  3. Coordination
  4. How the body moves
    1. Ways of movement
      1. Shape and gesture
  5. Why the body moves
    1. Kinaesthetic response
4. Improves Mental Health
  1. Reduces stress
  2. Reduces Anxiety
  3. Can have a calming effect
  4. Can help to deal with pain/painful experiences
    1. See Art therapy in Social and Emotional Benefits
5. Use movement to express meaning
6. Improves brain performance
Spiritual Benefits
1. The Arts provide opportunities for students to...
  1. Appreciate the gift of creativity that God has given each person
    1. Appreciate that everyone is made in the image of a creative God - Genesis 1:26-27
      1. All people are creative in some shape or form
      2. Understanding that creativity can look different in each person
    2. Honouring God
  2. Find different ways to worship God
    1. Through movement
      1. Dance
      2. Dramatic performance
      3. Watching and appreciating performances
    2. Through Visual Art
      1. Painting
      2. Drawing
      3. Creating sculptures
      4. Viewing and appreciating artwork
        "Worship God in Spirit and Truth" - Audrey Peaty
    3. Through Music
      1. Singing
      2. Composing
      3. Listening to and appreciating music
2. Creates a sense of social identity
  1. Builds community
    1. Community is important - Psalm 133:1
    2. Especially important for students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
      1. Has cultural and spiritual significance
        "Dreamtime Sisters" - Colleen Wallace Nungari
        "In Aboriginal mythology these ancestral spirits were the first people on earth during the Dreamtime creation."
    3. Each person has something different to contribute - Romans 12:4-5

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