ARTS EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION
WEB RESOURCES
Why Art? Why Arts Integration? . . .
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement, (9) linking six
major types of benefits to the inclusion of the arts in education: reading and
language skills, mathematics skills, thinking skills, social skills, motivation to
learn, and positive school environment.
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/critical-evidence.pdf
Arts Education Partnership: http://www.aep-arts.org/
The Creative Bridge: How the Arts Connect Parents & Schools By M Sikes
http://www.pta.org/pr_magazine_article_details_1187038350421.html
National Arts Education:
http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/
Lessons and more hands on info . . .
ArtsEdge at the Kennedy Center: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Lessons: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/les.cfm
Northeastern Illinois University Art Integration Activities:
http://www.neiu.edu/~middle/Modules/science%20mods/amazon%20components/A
mazonComponents3.html
New Horizons for Learning arts integration:
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/arts/dickinson_lrnarts.htm
The Arts in Every Classroom:
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/artsineveryclassroom/artsroles.html
Getty Museum: http://www.getty.edu/education/
Local Information. . .
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville:
www.culturalcouncil.org/educators/
Martha McManus 358-3600 martha@culturalcouncil.org
UNF’s Fine Arts Center, Kennedy Center Partnership:
www.unf.edu/fineartscenter/200708/Arts_educat/index.html
Duval County District Arts Department
Patsy Butterbrodt 390-2301 butterbrop@duvalschools.org
Citations
1. Murfee, E. (1995). Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning. pp. 8
2. Von Zastrow, C. (2004). Academic Atrophy: The Condition of Liberal Arts in
America’s Schools. Carnegie Corporation and the Council for Basic Education.
New York: Carnegie Corporation. pp.14.
3. Murfee, E. (1995). Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning. pp. 6
4. Dewey, J. (1980). Art as an Experience. Perigee Books, New York, NY.
5. Sousa, D. (2006). “How the arts develop the young brain: neuroscience
research is revealing the impressive impact of arts instruction on students’
cognitive, social, and emotional development.” pp.4.
6. Tishman, S., MacGilivray, D., and Palmer, P. (2002). “Investigating the
Educational Impact and Potential of the Museum of Modern Art’s Visual
Thinking Curriculum: Final Report.
7. Wilhelm, J.D. (2002). “Reading Is Seeing: Using Visual Response To Improve
the Literacy Reading of Reluctant Readers.”
8. Catterall, J. (2007). Enhancing Peer Conflict Resolution Skills through Drama:
An Experimental Study. Research in Drama Education, v12 n2 pp.163-178 Jun
2007.
9. Ruppert, S. (2006). Critical Evidence: How the ARTS Benefit Student
Achievement. National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and Arts Education
Partnership.
10.Sousa, D. (2006). “How the arts develop the young brain: neuroscience
research is revealing the impressive impact of arts instruction on students’
cognitive, social, and emotional development.”
11.Catterall, J.S. (2002). "Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary
School.”