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Found this Edutopia post on arts integration by Susan Riley, Arts Integration Specialist and founder of Education Closet, a web resource for integration and innovation in teaching. Riley argues that the arts have some unique parallels to the Common Core Standards that may make their implementation a beneficial addition for teachers and administrators and articulates four key reasons for arts integration:
1. Process produces product: students are able to focus more on the process of their work, and thus create more meaningful and richer products.
2. Access points: the arts are naturally engaging to both teachers and learners, and allows greater connection to the subject matter.
3. True equity: employing the arts differentiates both instruction and learning.
4. Analytic practice: students must be able to analyze the components that create the whole, also understand how to synthesize parts into a whole.
Riley offers some useful links to sample lessons, web resources, and tips for successfully implementing arts in one's curriculum. She suggests the following four keys for successful Arts Integration:
- Collaboration between arts and classroom teachers to find naturally-aligned objectives
- Using an arts area in which the classroom teacher is comfortable (for many, this starts with visual arts)
- Creating a lesson that truly teaches to both standards
- Assessing both areas equitably
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