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Respondent:
233
Start time:
2024-11-04 06:45:31 -0800
Completion time:
2024-11-04 06:54:52 -0800
Email:
anonymous
Name:
Language:
English (United States)
Role:
Parent
Nationality:
United States
Grade level:
Primary (Grades 1-5);
Curriculum:
Lycee (Lebanese French)
Arts value:
Strongly agree
Schools support arts:
Disagree
Opportunities for arts:
Strongly disagree
Arts skills useful:
Strongly agree
Arts mandatory:
No, it is optional
Mandatory grade groups:
Should be mandatory:
Yes, for all grade levels
Should be mandatory grades:
Other areas benefit:
Core subjects (e.g., math, science, language);Elective classes;Extracurricular activities;School events and exhibitions;Student projects;Community partnerships and collaboration;
Topics in curriculum:
Music;Drama/theater;Painting, drawing and sculpture;
Benefits:
Improve creativity and self-expression;Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills;Provide technical skills relevant to future careers;Improve local and global cultural awareness and appreciation;
Open ended idea:
I can't speak for all schools, but only my children's school (LLFPM), but they currently have the elementary teacher teaching art to the class only once or twice a week and most of the art projects are quite silly (doodling or drawing with markers on a piece of paper) and offer no real art skill development or instruction on various mediums. I am a professional artist and have offered to volunteer my time several times but to no avail. They also do not offer Art Club as an after school activity. The Lycee curriculum is extremely rigorous and "theory based" with a lot of homework and tests every week (much more than other schools). I believe they need to add more liberal arts offerings to modernize and balance out the rigid academic program. It will also help kids to feel less stress to have creative outlets. One teacher one year at our school would punish the kids by canceling the one art session they had each week when they misbehaved and I told her art is the last thing that sh that should be eliminated on such a case!