Arts in the Learning Process

Paper Summary:

This paper is a research project to prove that by including the arts actively in the learning process, students learn more comprehensively and efficiently than by the traditional methods of teaching. The author feels that this research is important because by incorporating the arts, such as dance, movement, drama, visual arts and music, in the curriculum of her students, she will diversify the curriculum and provide her students with the best possible chance for success. This paper states that the method of research will be qualitative/narrative and will use videotaping to measure results.

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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions/Journey Leading to Research Questions
Significance of Study

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"Dance, drama and music are but a few examples of teaching tools that engage a student's sense of sound, touch, feeling and emotion. Intelligence cannot simply be measured by assessing the ability of students to produce written material. Many students are in fact, spatially oriented. An engineer for example, is much more likely to create a 'picture' in his/her mind of a project to be completed, rather than write a book about the structure. Education is not a product to swallow without reflection and struggle, nor is it information to pour into a waiting but empty brain."

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