Walking Tall in the Hall

Résumé du livre

ArtsSmarts was founded in 1998 by The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, on the premise that engaging young people in artistic activity is critical to their evolution as creative thinkers. Since its inception, ArtsSmarts has been demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating the arts into the school curriculum as a way of making core curriculum more relevant and meaningful to students. The program invites professional artists to collaborate with classroom teachers, infusing art throughout the provincial curriculum, teaching, for example, history through drama, math through dance, and science through music. ArtsSmarts inspires collaboration among arts, education and community agencies, and invests strategically in creative learning networks at the local, regional, provincial and national levels to build capacity for arts and education. Projects capture the imagination and build the confidence of disengaged young people and create an enthusiastic atmosphere of active learning among students, teachers, and artists. This research study represents the first mapping and documentation of the impacts of ArtsSmarts initiatives in schools serving Aboriginal students.--p. 2.