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Respondent:
3637
Start time:
2024-11-10 03:46:16 -0800
Completion time:
2024-11-10 03:52:30 -0800
Email:
anonymous
Name:
Language:
English (United States)
Role:
Teacher
Nationality:
American
Grade level:
Secondary (Grades 6-9);High School (Grades 10-13);
Curriculum:
UK (British Curriculum)
Arts value:
Strongly agree
Schools support arts:
Strongly disagree
Opportunities for arts:
Disagree
Arts skills useful:
Strongly agree
Arts mandatory:
Yes, it is mandatory for some students (e.g., specific grades)
Mandatory grade groups:
Secondary (Grades 6-9);
Should be mandatory:
Yes, but only for certain grade levels
Should be mandatory grades:
Primary (Grades 1-5);Secondary (Grades 6-9);
Other areas benefit:
Elective classes;Extracurricular activities;School events and exhibitions;Student projects;Community partnerships and collaboration;
Topics in curriculum:
Digital arts;Photography;Audiovisual and interactive media;Design and creative services;Music;Dance;Drama/theater;Painting, drawing and sculpture;Arts history;
Benefits:
Improve creativity and self-expression;Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills;Enhance collaboration and teamwork;Provide technical skills relevant to future careers;Improve local and global cultural awareness and appreciation;
Open ended idea:
Specialist subject teachers for all arts (Visual Art, Music, and Drama) should be teaching in every school and in every phase. Often primary schools do not have a dedicated Art teacher in particular and this is taught by classroom teachers from FS-Year 6, some of whom aren't confident in teaching this. As a consequence, when students arrive in secondary school they struggle without a solid foundation of skills in the subject. It also means in secondary school the curriculum must start at 0 and teach very basic rudimentary skills. This leads to disengagement from the subject because they "aren't good at it" and see no value in it. For those students that enjoy and are talented in Art, their progress is hindered due to the curriculum and they are disadvantaged if taking GCSE because their skills are very basic.