Visual Pedagogy ProjectBy: Katherine Chin

Visual Environment at Mary E. Nicholson Performing Arts School #70

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Guiding Questions1. How do the arts play a part in my

school, especially since it is a performing arts school?

2. What are the positive aspects of performing arts schools? How have they succeeded?

Process of Inquiry I began by thinking about my guiding

questions, wondering how I would be able to answer the questions.

I took pictures of all the performing arts in my school and how my teacher incorporated the visual arts in her classroom.

I asked my teacher how she felt about visual arts.

“The visual and performing arts are process-rich disciplines, and thus the bid to integrate arts into all lessons created a rich forum for process conversations.”- Williamson and Zimmerman

Performing arts leads to improvements in learning because students become more engaged and are allowed to be creative within their projects.

Visuals around the schoolThese visuals represent famous people that have succeeded in the arts, from musicians, jazz dancers, artists, singers, playwrights, and philosophers.

Mary E. Nicholson #70

Magnet SculptureThis magnet is placed at the entry way of the school to represent that this is a magnet school.

School uses a metaphor to incorporate the arts into their school.

“Everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools can be found in the arts: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.”-Smith

"If they're worried about their test scores and want a way to get them higher, they need to give kids more arts, not less," says Tom Horne, Arizona's state superintendent of public instruction. "There's lots of evidence that kids immersed in the arts do better on their academic tests.”-Smith

Specials Around the School

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TheaterSelf Confidence

Memory

Imagination

Social Awareness

Aesthetic Appreciation

-The Benefits of Drama Education

DanceImproved physical health

Social interaction

Improved self esteem

Appreciation of arts and different cultures

Art

“Stimulates and develops the imagination and critical thinking, and refines cognitive and creative skills.”-Americans for the Arts

Music/ Band and Strings “Music study enhances

teamwork skills and discipline. In order for an orchestra to sound good, all players must work together harmoniously towards a single goal, the performance, and must commit to learning music, attending rehearsals, and practicing.”-Music Education Advocacy

This chart taken from Critical Evidence How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement shows all of the skills that arts learning helps improve.

How my teacher integrated artMy teacher told me that she integrates art into her classroom because it is a performing arts school, so she is able to incorporate more art. Also the students are more inclined to do art because they appreciate and enjoy it.

Connections to M333 Helped me answer guiding questions.

Can or should children’s visual productions be evaluated? What do visual experiences mean to children? How do

children develop and grow in their abilities to communicate visually?

Connects to the Eisner article. Performing arts school show that it is important to

incorporate the arts in education. Including arts opens up doors of opportunities.

Personal Teaching PhilosophyI would definitely incorporate the arts within my classroom.

If I got the opportunity to work in a performing arts school I would, because I think it is good for students to gain experience with all of these different performing arts.

Sources Americans for the Arts, 2002.

Benefits of Drama Education. http://www.dramaed.net/benefits.pdf

Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Students Achievement. www.nasaa-arts.org/research/…/arts-education/critical-evidence.pdf 

Mary E. Nicholson Performing Arts

Smith, Fran Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best. Edutopia.com

Williamson, Jeff and Zimmerman, Diane. Collaboration Takes Center Stage: Interactive Teaching through a Schoolwide Focus on the Performing Arts Leads to Dramatic Improvements in Learning. Journal of Staff Development, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p38, 5p