Importance of the Arts for the Science of Learning
Ecobioartist Joaquin Fargas
After reading about how the arts influence learning, as documented in the Final Workshop Report produced by the National Science Foundation, students were invited to answer a number of questions that allowed them to contextualize the use of the information provided in the report to advance their idea of teaching and learning. Bellow, the students answers.
GROUP 1
Stefani Gonzalez
Bryce Pickett
Mae Corrigan
Stephanie Longmuir
1. Goals of the report/workshop?
a. Goal of the report/workshop was to come to a mutual agreement of the new field of the arts and sciences and their incorporation with learning.
2. Explain the creative art process?
a. Engage children and motivate them towards excellence, including improved thinking ability, development of self-esteem and confidence, and higher order skills tied to cognitive, affective, and kinesthetic domains of learning.
3. Choose one art genre and explain how it affects learning
a. Dance integrates the rhythmicity of music and the representational capacity of language. Neuroimaging studies of dance were presented that have examined brain areas involved I both the production and perception of dance. Neuroscientific evidence was presented suggesting that music and dance may activate two parts of the same motor-action-imitations system through mirror neurons. Dance also evoke emotions and stimulate visual images that expand the scope of the material being learned by maintaining attention and allowing a higher level of memory retention.
4. Describe the neuroimaging idea as explained in the workshop.
a. Neuroimaging studies of the arts were presented that have examined brain areas involved in both the production and perception of the arts. Neurological evidence suggests that the arts may activate two parts of the same motor-action-imitation system through the mediation of “mirror neurons”. The more practice a child is exposed to in a particular art, the more developed the appropriate neurological areas become.
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GROUP 2
Melanie Gershman,
Danielle Marks,
Jacqueline Marks,
Samantha Shinder
Music and Dance:
Music and dance can help students relax and focus. Listening to music can make studying and learning a more serene environment and less stressful. Music and dance evokes emotion and allow students to explore using different parts of their bodies that they wouldn’t traditionally use when sitting and learning. Dance allows for kinesthetic learning is a more useful form of learning for some students and can help them further comprehend lessons taught to them. Music covers another mode of learning, auditory learning, covering a broad range of learning tactics.
Neuroimaging showed that music and dance evoke the same area of motor-action-imitation system through mirror neurons. These arts stimulate a higher memory retention rate. It has also been used to show structure, whether it is representational, language, or musical.
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GROUP 3
Casey Dresbach,
Danielle Krueger,
Paige Frankel
Goal: To determine if there’s enough evidence or reason behind using art as a tool to enhance learning and explore the study for future and sufficient evidence.
Creative art process: the creative art process can be described as “experiential learning,” using both tangible and non-tangible elements of abstraction (i.e. music, art work, theatre, dance) to introduce an idea. The definition is relative to one’s perception of what that “art” is and what it means to them.
Theatre is a genre of art that can be brought into the academic sphere of learning. In theatrical productions, cohesiveness is key as is engagement, participation, expression and energy. If any or all of these aspects are missing from a production, the “show won’t go on!” In comparison to the classroom, if students are not engaged, participating, or expressive for instance, they lose touch with the learning experience and thus make the process less cohesive. In a show, where only a few actors perform and the rest hide behind those performing, the lack of contribution is clearly seen by the audience and thus making the show less fulfilling to appreciate.
When you are performing in the arts, different parts of the brain are stimulated. Neuro-imaging studies allow for further analysis of such brain activity and analyze exactly how the arts can cause brain stimulation and activity. Neuro-imaging evaluates both perception and production with regards to any genre of art (perceiving – listening to music and producing – creating music, the brain is stimulated differently in each way).
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GROUP 4
- Art, Creativity, and Learning Workshop
- Goals of the report/workshop:
- To demonstrate that art has a positive affect in future development of children and adults. Additionally, that art has the potential to assist in learning, this can be scientifically proven because of the neurologic behavior that occur.
- Explain the creative art process:
- The creative art process was to see how people react in certain art conditions that seemed abstract in conjunction with learning.
- Choose one art genre and explain how it affects learning:
- The art genre that we are choosing is music. Music can be used to assist in memorization, memory recall, and self-expression among many others as a way to learn about themselves in the world around them.
- Describe the neuro-imaging as explained in the workshop:
- Neuro-imaging proves that different art genres can assist in learning. An example of this can be seen with the music and dance. Music and dance go hand in hand because they both evoke emotion and stimulate similar parts of the brain.
- as education, use the arts in education, use past research for further research and see what educational benefits can happen from the arts
- The creative art process is a way you use your imagination to produce something that shows an expressive side of who you are and what you believe.
- Our art choice is music and it helps people understand and remember terms and certain emotions and feelings are expressed from the creator and the listener.
- Arts allow students to activate two different parts of their brain. Music and dance also evokes emotion and stimulate the brain in ways that traditional learning does not.
Megan Sheena
Kelly Finnerman
Nicole Birmaher
Art, Creativity, and
Learning Workshop
1.
Goals of the report/workshop:
·
To demonstrate that art has a positive
affect in future development of children and adults. Additionally, that art has
the potential to assist in learning, this can be scientifically proven because
of the neurological behavior that occur.
2.
Explain the creative art process:
·
The creative art process was to see how people
react in certain art conditions that seemed abstract in conjunction with
learning.
3.
Choose one art genre and explain how it affects
learning:
·
The art genre that we are choosing is music.
Music can be used to assist in memorization, memory recall, and self-expression
among many others as a way to learn about themselves in the world around them.
·
Neuro-imaging proves that different art genres
can assist in learning. An example of this can be seen with the music and
dance. Music and dance go hand in hand because they both evoke emotion and
stimulate similar parts of the brain.
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GROUP 5
Paige Dostie
Devon Magnone
Marisa Petrillo
Ali Gange
Rae Rozovsky
Goals: Use art as education, use the arts in education, use past research
for further research and see what educational benefits can happen from the arts
The creative art process is a way you use your
imagination to produce something that shows an expressive side of who you are and what you believe.
Our art choice is music and it helps people
understand and remember terms and certain emotions and feelings are expressed
from the creator and the listener.
Arts allow students to activate two different parts
of their brain. Music and dance also evokes emotion and stimulate the brain in
ways that traditional learning does not.
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GROUP 6
Paige Dostie
Devon Magnone
Marisa Petrillo
Ali Gange
Rae Rozovsky
- Goals: Use art as education, use the arts in education, use past research for further research and see what educational benefits can happen from the arts
- The creative art process is a way you use your imagination to produce something that shows an expressive side of who you are and what you believe.
- Our art choice is music and it helps people understand and remember terms and certain emotions and feelings are expressed from the creator and the listener.
- Arts allow students to activate two different parts of their brain. Music and dance also evokes emotion and stimulate the brain in ways that traditional learning does not.
- Paige DostieDevon MagnoneMarisa PetrilloAli GangeRae Rozovsky
- Goals: Use art as education, use the arts in education, use past research for further research and see what educational benefits can happen from the arts
- The creative art process is a way you use your imagination to produce something that shows an expressive side of who you are and what you believe.
- Our art choice is music and it helps people understand and remember terms and certain emotions and feelings are expressed from the creator and the listener.
- Arts allow students to activate two different parts of their brain. Music and dance also evokes emotion and stimulate the brain in ways that traditional learning does not.
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