Creativity in Education

I agree with this article in some ways and others I don't. It is totally right how art needs to be a part of education, but I don't believe the schools need to take out other parts of education just for the arts to fit in. I think that Math, Science, and English are the most important parts in education, and history and art/music are sub-groups.

In middle school we had art from grades 5-7 and in eighth grade it got cut due to budget cuts. We also had music throughout grades 5-8, but in seventh and eight, it was an optional course. In high school, only one year of art was required, but many more art courses were optional if one wanted to take art courses. Music was never a required course in high school, but optional if one wanted to take those as well. Other than that, 3 years of math, science, and history/social studies classes were required as well as 4 years of english.

I definetly agree with the part that art needs to be reinforced in primary and middle school educations because children at that age, are at the level where they need visual and hands-on projects in order to comprehend the material they are being taught. Whether we are learners through visuals, audios, hands-on, or any of the others, when we are little, visuals are ALWAYS helpful because we do not have the amount of knowledge that we have now, it helps to have pictures with the things we are learning about.

Overall, art is definetly a neccesity in education. Whether it be to help students learn better, or just to expand their knowledge and appreciation for art.