Artful Learning
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A transformative learning system that stimulates and deepens academic learning through the Arts.
Artful Learning is a transformative learning system that empowers educators to use the arts and the artistic process to awaken and sustain the love of learning for all students. Artful Learning is a K-12 comprehensive school improvement model specially designed to engage students at a deeper level of inquiry and understanding than can be achieved with standard educational approaches. By providing educators with a unique framework to present academic content, Artful Learning links the arts and the artistic process to the daily classroom learning experience. Artful Learning employs an interdisciplinary approach that is anchored by a central Concept while posing a Significant Question that allow educators to teach a broad spectrum of rigorous academic content. Studying through the lens of the arts generates a measurably deeper level of comprehension and retention in students.
The Artful Learning interdisciplinary approach is designed to help students develop the capabilities that educators, parents and business leaders desire: • analytical thinking across disciplines • collaborative skills • objective judgment • higher academic achievement • a commitment to excellence • technological competence • productive citizens and workers • appreciation for diversity • global perspective • adaptable learners • creative and innovative solution-driven characteristics