Wes Rolley on sat 28 aug 04
There has been a lot of real analysis done on the subject of art in the=20
schools. Most of the good stuff is readily available on the Internet. I=20
suggest those who are interested visit the site of the Arts Education=20
Partnership... http://www.aep-arts.org/
For those with the time wade through a lot of material, I suggest getting a=
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copy of "Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and=20
Social Development."=20
(http://www.aep-arts.org/PDF%20Files/CriticalLinks.pdf) It is a long (172=20
pages) compendium of 62 studies that examined the relationship between arts=
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education and learning through a variety of disciplines. The short story=20
is that the conclusions are clear and the results are provide positive=20
support for arts education. Even studies that examined the entire range of=
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academic achievement found that students who participated in arts education=
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were helped. Do not be scared off by the length as the content is well=20
indexed so that you can pick out only areas you are interested in and skip=
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the rest...except that I eventually ended up reading it all.
The AEP will hold a FORM in Philadelphia Oct. 4/5. The subject is=20
"Effective Professional Development for Arts Education." Maybe Kate=20
Johnson can send the Science Teacher to the Forum.
Wes
"I find I have a great lot to learn =96 or unlearn. I seem to know far too=
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much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am=20
getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Wesley C. Rolley
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Morgan Hill, CA 95037
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Linda Ferzoco on sat 28 aug 04
Wes, thanks for these links. I am a ceramics student at a local JC in California. In recent years, there have been several art professors who have moved or retired and were not replaced at all by the administration.
With all the financial troubles we're having in California and the Governator in charge, I'm concerned that the same thing will happen when our ceramics professor retires in two years.
I'm going to print these pdf docs out and send them to the colleg district administration and up the organization chart to the state department of education. Gotta try to influence these decisions so at least I can say I tried.
Cheers,
Linda Ferzoco
Pacifica, California
Wes Rolley wrote:
There has been a lot of real analysis done on the subject of art in the
schools. Most of the good stuff is readily available on the Internet. I
suggest those who are interested visit the site of the Arts Education
Partnership... http://www.aep-arts.org/
william schran on sun 29 aug 04
Linda wrote:>I am a ceramics student at a local JC in California. In
recent years, there have been several art professors who have moved
or retired and were not replaced at all by the administration.<
I think this is an issue facing much of the country.
Here in Northern Virginia, where I teach at a community college of 6
campuses and serving 60,000 students, we have faced budget cut backs
or stagnation for many years. Last year we got our first salary
increase in several years.
In my small world as Asst. Dean (also teach a full load) of the art
program I have faced over the past few years the lose of one full
time art faculty due to budget reductions, another full time art
position given to science at another campus when the individual
retired and this past year our art history full time professor
retired and the position is currently not being filled due to more
demanding needs at other campuses/programs.
Having lost half the faculty and relying more on adjunct teachers
certainly puts a strain on the quality of the program. Don't know
what the future holds. I my case, a serve as Acting Dean, in the
absence of the Division Dean, Work as Asst. Dean heading the art
program (managing program, budget and personnel), teach a full load
and volunteer as Director of our Art Gallery - who knows what will
happen when I retire. I certainly can't expect part time teachers to
pick up extra duties. They don't get paid enough as it is now.
As higher education becomes more expensive and states are unwilling
to fund state supported colleges at a level necessary to maintain a
high quality and the citizens are resistant to higher taxes to pay
for these services - well, you can see where this is going.....
Bill
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