ARTinED webinar 27 November 2012 'ARTinED - A new approach to education using the arts', is a significant European Union funded education project that is designing innovative methodologies to add creativity in to primary schools through the arts, as a key component of every school subject. Website : http://www.artined.eu/ ARTinED Wiki: http://artined-eu.wikispaces.com ARTinED signup form : https://www.box.com/s/zipse2to74cuaouxtvjy

1. ARTinED
ARTinED
Presentation http://www.artined.eu
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2. ARTinED

3. ARTinED
Mission
To build innovative methodologies
to add the arts and creativity in to
primary schools through the arts, as a key
component of every school subject

4. ARTinED
Why
To support :
• Creative abilities
• Self-expression
• Learning abilities
• Transversal competencies
• Engagement
• Fun

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Why art integration
Closes the achievement gap
Makes learning fun
A strategy that is easy to implement – (all social levels)
(Rabkin & Redmont, 2005)
Students gain (Deasy & Stevenson 2005) :
• Increased concentration
• Better cooperation
• Higher comprehension
• More self-esteem
• Better results
The arts make students want to learn.

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Neurological level
A 100 billion neurons, 50 trillion synapses, begging to hook up
(Hall, 2005).
A child's learning environment alters brain synapses
(Bransford, 1999)
Brain development inhibited by restricting physical activity
(Begley, 1996)
Arts integration creates a highly stimulating learning environment.
The limit of language is not the limit of thinking

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How it works
Creates a highly stimulating learning environment
Students work in groups and move around the classroom
Drama and dance allow kinaesthetically learning
Emotion becomes an important part of learning
(Rabkin & Redmont, 2005)
Arts domains:
• Verbal (literary arts)
• Visual/spatial (visual arts)
• Musical
• Body/kinesthetic (dance/drama)

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Also the teachers
• More collaborative
• More creative and artistic
• More enthusiastic
• More likely to participate in professional development
• Will acquire a broader repertoire of teaching strategies

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How
Building :
• A methodology
• In-service teacher training course
• Sample course for primary schools

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The sample course
On the environment :
• Cross-curricular
• Developing subject
• Room for innovation

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The sample course
• Piloted in primary schools in 6 European
countries
• On environmental education (a cross-curricular
subject)
• Using music, visual arts, dance & creative
writing/storytelling
• About wind, water, sun, soil, air

12. ARTinED
Piloting so far
In:
Italy
Romania
Sweden
UK

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Piloting – Creative writing

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Piloting – Dance

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Piloting

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Teachers Getting involved
By:
• Autonomously piloting parts of the course
• Using the final course (or parts)
• Attending workshops (online & offline)
• Taking the in-service training course

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Website: http://www.artined.eu
Wiki site: http://artined-eu.wikispaces.com
Get Involved form
https://www.box.com/s/zipse2to74cuaouxtvjy
Partners in the project: