What do I love most about the arts and arts integration? They naturally support social and emotional learning! The arts foster empathy. They help students identify and process emotions. They provide safe opportunities to practice decision-making.
When students make art together, they invest in the outcome. The arts motivate students to practice relationship skills in an authentic way. To answer the discussion questions, you will need to read the reading assignment for this module, “The Socio-Emotional Benefits of the Arts.”
Discussion Questions:
Explain how arts education programs foster students’ socioemotional development in areas more directly related to the arts?
Explain how arts education programs foster socioemotional development in areas less directly related to the arts?
Explain how arts education programs foster socioemotional development in areas of artistic self-awareness such as artistic goal orientation, self-concept, or self-efficacy?
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