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From nicety to necessity

Building public will for lifelong arts learning

Challenge

public opinion ≠ public will

Framing theory

When presented with new information, what we believe and the choices we make (or don’t make) is directly tied to

• ur core values, and to our views and

assumptions about how the world works.

Framing

SHORTCUT

Framing in action

• Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

For example… historic preservation

• Authority and discipline
• Standards and

• Teach the basics
• Prepare children to be

• Search for truth
• Ask tough questions
• Accountability to each
• ther
• Develop imagination
• Embrace diversity

Education

Art

• Search for truth
• Ask tough questions
• Develop imagination
• Promote meditation and

• Increase understanding

• Serve moral purpose
• Something beautiful to

• Source of pleasure
• Uplifting and

• Solid economic

Implications

For “strict fathers”

• Arts integration might be

OK if it helps students achieve more on the basics

• Arts as a stand-alone

curriculum had better serve some high moral purpose

• Even then, it’s a luxury at

best For “nurturant parents”

• Integrated into the

curriculum, arts improve

• verall achievement
• As a stand alone, they

enlighten and enrich kids

• Arts are an essential part
• f the educational

experience

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Arts

culture &

“Every child deserves a well-rounded education that teaches them not just to read and write, but to think creatively and solve problems, to work together, and to express their unique talent and

• ideas. And one of the best ways to learn

these skills is to experience arts and culture in the classroom.”

Well-rounded education Meaning in our lives Well-being

Thank you