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Respondent: 3699

Start time: 2024-11-10 08:36:51 -0800

Completion time: 2024-11-10 09:10:02 -0800

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Language: English (United States)‎

Role: Parent

Nationality: South African

Grade level: Primary (Grades 1-5);

Curriculum: UK (British Curriculum)

Arts value: Strongly agree

Schools support arts: Neutral

Opportunities for arts: Neutral

Arts skills useful: Strongly agree

Arts mandatory: Yes, it is mandatory for all students

Mandatory grade groups: Primary (Grades 1-5);

Should be mandatory: Yes, for all grade levels

Should be mandatory grades:

Other areas benefit: School events and exhibitions;Student projects;Community partnerships and collaboration;Core subjects (e.g., math, science, language);Elective classes;

Topics in curriculum: Drama/theater;Design and creative services;Music;Digital arts;Painting, drawing and sculpture;Dance;Arts history;

Benefits: Improve creativity and self-expression;Provide technical skills relevant to future careers;Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills;Enhance collaboration and teamwork;Improve local and global cultural awareness and appreciation;

Open ended idea: Making drama and visual arts a mandatory part of the curriculum. Instead of just reading books and doing exercise sheets, they get to step onto a stage and live the experience. Drama provides children with the tools to be confident, empathetic, artistic, to express themselves, understand their own emotions and that of others, to think critically, to collaborate and to become emotionally, socially and culturally intelligent.