Can ARt Make You Smarter?

art and learning

All art is thoughtful answers to questions. Discovery of building blocks in order to solve a task is an immeasurable skill applicable to all of life. Learning the principles of art processes is a direct correlation to understanding the principles of both mathematics and science. Art approaches lead an observant student to greater deduction and comprehension awareness. FUNdaMENTAL Arts is the exploration of art techniques that ask students to rely and strengthen their observation and reasoning skills.  Arguably observation is the beginning of all learning.  Art can teach us to ascertain all possible answers to an equation by asking how. Encouragement of an inquisitive mind can lead to a great artist and analytical thinker.

The arts and education is a topic of great interest to educators asking how to nurture innovation in young students. “Educators and neuroscientists gathered recently at the Hopkins summit in Baltimore and the subsequent “Learning and the Brain” conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss the increasingly detailed picture of how arts education changes the brain, and how to translate that research to education policy and the classroom."

To read further the article quoted above by Ben Mauk of Dana Press visit:

Brain Scientists Identify Close Links between Arts, Learning

The latest research in neuroscience is providing evidence that arts study strengthens other cognitive areas

http://dana.org/news/artseducationinthenews/detail.aspx?id=21838

* The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research through grants and educates the public about the successes and potential of brain research.