Post by sca1een on Mar 16, 2017 14:15:57 GMT
Howdy, would like a feedback on my essay on arts education. Would have asked essay writers but seems like they are out of the town at the moment. Thanks.
In all too many schools what art there is focuses on performance. Once I was past the "color the pumpkins orange" stage, my "art" consisted of one elementary teacher who brought in a few prints of famous paintings and taught us the names. In high school, the students who wanted to take art could do so, but it was aimed at doing, and while I didn't take it, from talking with my friends who did I don't believe there was much instruction in art appreciation.
Music was a little better, although I had one elementary music teacher who managed to consistently mispronounce Beethoven's name, and mostly we sang folk songs and prepared for two programs a year. When she did try some music appreciation, she played the Nutcracker Suite for us, but she talked so much about how we should be sitting up straight and not looking out the window or tapping our fingers that I don't think we heard much. The school went to the Young People's concerts once or twice, but it was clear that we were less prepared than the other schools attending. In any case, the school had no money for things like this and as the school became more crowded--double sessions for a few years--there were no buses available. In high school you could sing in the choir (with a music director who kept order by throwing pencils and cussing) or you could be in the marching band--after the football season, the band played the same music while sitting down. (This has improved--there is now a real orchestra separate from the band.)
An additional complication may have been that most of the residents of the district were poorly educated or fundamentally religious people who didn't see much point in wasting time on "long-hair stuff."
Even in college, most of the art and music programs were part of the school of education and aimed at teaching activities.
In all too many schools what art there is focuses on performance. Once I was past the "color the pumpkins orange" stage, my "art" consisted of one elementary teacher who brought in a few prints of famous paintings and taught us the names. In high school, the students who wanted to take art could do so, but it was aimed at doing, and while I didn't take it, from talking with my friends who did I don't believe there was much instruction in art appreciation.
Music was a little better, although I had one elementary music teacher who managed to consistently mispronounce Beethoven's name, and mostly we sang folk songs and prepared for two programs a year. When she did try some music appreciation, she played the Nutcracker Suite for us, but she talked so much about how we should be sitting up straight and not looking out the window or tapping our fingers that I don't think we heard much. The school went to the Young People's concerts once or twice, but it was clear that we were less prepared than the other schools attending. In any case, the school had no money for things like this and as the school became more crowded--double sessions for a few years--there were no buses available. In high school you could sing in the choir (with a music director who kept order by throwing pencils and cussing) or you could be in the marching band--after the football season, the band played the same music while sitting down. (This has improved--there is now a real orchestra separate from the band.)
An additional complication may have been that most of the residents of the district were poorly educated or fundamentally religious people who didn't see much point in wasting time on "long-hair stuff."
Even in college, most of the art and music programs were part of the school of education and aimed at teaching activities.