Even if you don’t consider yourself as an artistic or creative “type,” you can enrich your students’ learning experiences by incorporating the arts into your classroom activities.
Dr. Mariale Hardiman, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education, proposes that
Even if you don’t consider yourself as an artistic or creative “type,” you can enrich your students’ learning experiences by incorporating the arts into your classroom activities.
Dr. Mariale Hardiman, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education, proposes that there are positive “Memory Effects” that teachers leverage for their students when they use artistic activities as part of instruction. She argues that adding the arts into a general curriculum increases student attention and motivation. Other studies show that it may also be effective in improving long-term retention of information.
Here are some practical ideas for your school community to move from STEM into STEAM:
– Art to Start
A great way to launch a new topic of study is to share an interesting work of art to your class as a jumping-off point. Using arts-related experiences as entry points to deeper learning is a goal of Project