Robyn Ewing report on the International context and Australia was enjoyable. Her report examines the impact Arts education has on the students learning. Ewing mentions that the Arts education has been evolving for more than a decade. This then increased the status reflected in key policy documents in many western countries, although such policy recognition has not necessarily been translated into practice (Ewing, 2010). This is evident in surveys completed in Europe, they have found that all national policies statements around education routinely highlighted the significance of the cultural dimension and the need to promote the artistic and creative capabilities of young people. However, the key concepts of disciplines taught were often limited …show more content…
Therefore, the current obscurantism of Australian education furthermore, clarifies its necessary to determine how the Arts, both the language-rich arts forms and other arts forms, can enhance the lives and learning of all students, nonetheless, converting the pedagogy they experience. Her research suggests that such an approach to teaching and learning should ensure it would amplify proportion of students may find school more relevant and engaging. Key areas that Ewing suggest would benefit from the inclusion of the Arts education (Ewing, 2010):
Social benefits
- Delivering ways of engaging students while being inclusive of others
- Students develop social interactions, to each other as well as to the world
- Creating an engaging learning environment
- Continuing to challenge students learning.
- Construction a sense of community self-identity, and the construction of social capital and organisational capacity.
Attitudinal and behavioural benefits
- Acknowledging student’s positive achievements in reading, language and mathematics