James+Haggerty

__Annotated Bibliography__

1. Journal

Knight, L. (2010). Why a Child Needs a Critical Eye, and Why the Art Classroom is Central in Developing it. //International Journal Of Art & Design Education//, //29//(3), 236-243. doi:10.1111/j.1476-8070.2010.01655.x International Journal of **Art** & Design **Education**; []

This journal talks about why children need to have a critical eye, and why the art classroom is a critical place in developing such an attribute. Active learning that take place in the art classroom is unlike any room in the school building. Although children obviously need to have their reading and writing skills, learning that takes place in the art classroom develops creativity and individualism that cannot be taught anywhere else. "This article aims to challenge this fairly recent curricular arrangement by calling for a return to educational interdisciplinarity whereby the wider school curriculum supports the arts as a central place from which to examine a child’s relationship with visual culture". Rogoff (1998

I believe this journal does a fantastic job summing up my entire argument. Arts allows a child to be creative and express himself in the classroom that no other subject allows. If we let art education get away from our children's curriculum i believe we will be in serious trouble as younger kids will fail to learn basic skills that allow them to be creative and expressive. Art encourages children to be open minded. "Visual art education can actively examine such tactics through critical analysis skills." (Mansfield 2003). Art needs to be in our children'ss classrooms forever.

2. Journal

Brouillette, L. (2010). How the Arts Help Children to Create Healthy Social Scripts: Exploring the Perceptions of Elementary Teachers. //Arts Education Policy Review//, //111//(1), 16-24. doi:10.1080/10632910903228116 **Arts** **Education** Policy Review; []

"This article provides insight into the role of the arts in development, through a review of recent research on child development and interviews with inner-city elementary teachers who have participated in an artist-in-residence program." It is little understood how important the arts is to the way we learn. Art is a very unique way of learning that exercises parts of the brain that are failed to be exercised areas such as math and science. Art helps in a child's developing understanding of the world and can improve representation skills such as exploring, critiquing, and revising. "Each teacher had participated in the artist-inresidence program for at least one semester prior to the study. As part of that program, each teacher worked with teaching artists to create arts lessons that could be easily integrated with other content areas, as well as to plan follow-up activities."

This article explains the how the arts help children develop healthy social scripts and explores the perceptions of elementary teachers. "Although there is widespread recognition that arts experiences enhance children’s socialemotional development, the mechanisms through which this process takes place are little understood." The way this article goes about explaining the social development of children fits in perfectly with my argument and the importance of art education for children. From research on the arts and emotional development to social development and the need for art integration, this article may have been the most useful for me out of all of my sources.

3. Article

Creedon, D. W. (2011). Fight the Stress of Urban Education with the ARTS. //Phi Delta Kappan//, //92//(6), 34-36. []

This article focuses on how art education in the U.S. can help children deal with stress related problems. "The benefits of arts and music education programs for students in urban schools and learning centers are explored." The negative effects that stress can have on a child and his or her learning is also explored and exposed. "The arts can help children reduce and manage their stress. The arts can be especially important in inner-city neighborhoods plagued by violence and where the resulting stress can be particularly damaging to children." This article goes on to discuss how art education can be provided to inner city students and the benefits that come along with an art education for a child.

This article does a great job focusing on just one aspect of the benefits of art education and in this case that aspect is stress. Stress can lead to health problems, school failures, and bad decision making by children. Art is a great way for stressed out kids to express themselves in the classroom in a way in which no other subject allows. The combination of privacy and self-expression that goes into art especially for kids in unlike anything else. Kids need art and this article just shows another reason why.

4. Editorial

Richey, S. (2004, May). Editorial. //Support for Learning//. pp. 50-51. doi:10.1111/j.0268-2141.2004.00319.x. [|http://0-web.ebscohost.com.helin.uri.edu/ehost/detail?vid=23&hid=112&sid=685f9f82-9908-4299-89f9-a82811b5dce9%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=13112178] []

This editorial focuses on promoting art in schools and the important effects art has on its supporters. "In varying degrees schools have used the arts to help disaffected pupils for many years. What is distinctive about the present, however, is that social inclusion in schools is a goal to which the government is explicitly committed and which it seeks to advance through its various policy initiatives. This gives the rationale for this work a more secure foundation and greater freedom among schools, artists and arts organizations to explore its possibilities." The article stresses the importance of being socially involved and how arts is a great way to go about getting involved.

The editorial would fall under the social benefits of my presentation as i was able to grab a lot of useful information. Teachers are beginning to increasingly come to appreciate the value of the arts for their pupils. It's been proven so many times that students need arts in order to reach their full academic potential. "Arts possess certain qualities that enable them to reach and sometimes to affect the sources of disengagement in young people."

5. ERIC

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center. //ERIC – World’s largest digital library of education literature//. January 2011 [] []

"Properly designed art activities serve as a potential for emergence and the enhancement of children's creativities in their early childhood educations. Those children who cannot express their emotions through oral language or other activities are provided with such an opportunity to express themselves and reflect their thoughts, emotions and views on daily experiences." Art experiences force creative thinking and allow us to express ourselves in ways that can only be done through art. "Art fosters creative thinking and enhances visual and tactual perceptions while the children create unique things."

This study does a great job in backing up the information i was trying to find about the importance of art education. The fact that i was able to find so many sources about how children need art in order to develop the creative thinking part of their brain really shows me how it is more important than i even thought. This study goes into depth about what is important and what is a waste of time as far as a child's education go. The study emphasizes the importance of art in children and the need for children to express themselves in such a way as well as develop an interactive learning style.