Findings
Brain research shows the arts promote mental health
There is a powerful and compelling case, supported by cutting-edge research, that the arts have positive effects on mental health.
https://theconversation.com/brain-research-shows-the-arts-promote-mental-health-136668
Government spends $4m to boost creative learning programme and hire 300 art teachers
The New Zealand government is spending $4 million on boosting creative learning for kids in schools.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339328
The effects of arts-integrated instruction on memory for science content
2019 research paper, Johns Hopkins University.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211949317300558
Arts teaching could become more important than maths in tech-based future
Researcher Andrew Schleicher, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading educational thinkers, believes that students would benefit most from developing creative skills, the new “hard skills” of the future.
Using arts education to help other lessons stick
New York Times article on the 2019 Johns Hopkins findings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/well/family/using-arts-education-to-help-other-lessons-stick.html
Arts teacher wins 2018 global teacher prize
The Global Teacher Prize, awarded annually, recognizes the world’s leading educators.
The 2018 prize winner, Andria Zakirafou, supports her students in multiple ways, including providing culturally diverse and inclusive arts experiences in their daily learning. A champion for the significance and powerful transformation of the arts in children’s learning, Andria donated her $1 million Global Teacher prize award to bringing artists to classrooms.
https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/arts-teacher-wins-2018-global-teacher-prize
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