State of the ArtsBy: Seth Baysinger

• Henry , C. (2002, October). Standards: Encouraging the Arts in Schools. Kappa Delta Pi, 39, 33-35.

• Hanks, N. (1977). The Arts: An Integral Part of the School Curriculum. NASSP Bulletin, 61, 94-97.

• Uhrmacher, P. B., & Moroye, C. M. (2007, November). Instituting the Arts. Clearing House, 81, 44-47.

• Because of the “No Child Left Behind” act, there is an ongoing education reform.

• Leaders in education are seeing that proper teacher training is important to accelerate change.

• This is being implemented not only into academic classrooms but to art programs as well.

• The NAEA, National Arts Education Association, built on the uniform standards expected from academic teachers.

• Changes in education have traditionally been slow to take place.

• Colleges are beginning to implement these standards in their curriculums in order to accelerate the changes being made.

I found it very interesting that the arts are not trying to sit back while the rest of the

academia world is moving on. Art programs are not only keeping up with the standards,

but they are building on the standards already created by the National Board for Professional

Teaching Standards.

• This article looks at the need for arts to be involved in school curriculum.

• The author makes the point that art is a vital part to living a full life.

• She suggests that students should be exposed to art in secondary schools, and that they should be exposed to various types of art.

• The author suggests that instead of making art a thing of history, that students should be exposed to the arts of different cultures relevant today.

• She also interjects saying it will not be easy, but with trained teachers it is feasible.

Although this particular article was published in 1977, I thought that it was very appropriate to

see that trying to integrate and improve secondary education art programs was a need

then as well. I found it very interesting that she said art is necessary to live a full life.

• This article says that excellent schools must include art, and they push for every school having them.

• They believe that there are several methods to implement the arts into schools, and rather than making a comparison they explain each individually to show that there are multiple ways for the arts to be implemented

• They believe that the key focus of implementing arts should be preparing the teachers.

• They suggest workshops for teachers to attend in order to become more understanding of the arts themselves, and so that they can see the benefit of involving art in the classrooms

• I found that this article did a great job just informing about the multiple ways to teach art.

• They also chose to focus on the teachers in the classroom.

• They show a desire for the classrooms to be a place where students can learn art that will shape their thinking for a lifetime.

• It appears that each article believes that teachers hold the key, and it is their responsibility to change the face of education, and that is exciting to know as I train to become a teacher myself.

• A couple of my favorite quotes are:• “Art helps us know and be in the world in a way that only art

can provide.” – (Uhrmacher pg. 47)• “…since humans are feeling, expressive, and symbolizing

beings, this full development should include knowledge of, sensitivity to, and experience with the arts.” – (Hanks 94-95)