What is arts integration?

1. Discovering the Power of
Hard Fun
Essential Questions:
How does arts integration
transcend barriers to learning?
How can we create capacity
within ourselves to integrate Arts Integration Conference
the arts? Jean Hendrickson
and
Rosalynn Wade
Oklahoma A+ Schools®

2. Your Great Learning Moment
Think of a time that you were truly
engaged in a learning experience….
Where were you?
What were you learning?
What made it engaging?

3. Why is creativity important?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj2GQ5gLP1w

4. Focus question:
How do we move beyond the artificial
boundaries of disciplines to embrace the
creative thoughts and connections of our
students?

5. Music Music As Music Integrated
Supporting Independent With Other Content
Other Content Content Area Areas
Areas
Music Content Music Content Standards Music Content Standards
Standards Not Taught Taught Directly Taught With Other
Standards
M M
This is a model created in collaboration
U by San Francisco Symphony’s Keeping U
Score participating sites.
It is intended to demonstrate that
yellow (other content) blended fully
S with blue (music content) yields green S
(two-way integration).
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C C

6. How do you see pathways to integration?
From the KS
collaboration
OKA+
developed
Natural
this – not forced –
illustration intersections
to show
three ways
for integration
to be created.
Beginning with non-arts Beginning with arts
content content
Beginning
with a
concept

7. An example which began with passion
of a OSU professor for his non-arts
content.

8. THREADS OF LIFE
An example which began with a
concept and resulted in multiple
artworks and learning opportunities
demonstrating connections across all
grade levels and content areas.

9. Oklahoma:
Learning from the Past,
Living in the Present, and
Envisioning the Future
An example which began with the
passion of an OKA+ board member for
his art form to be experienced by OKA+
students from across the state.

10. Painters
Reporters
Recorders

11. Performers
…and Families

13. Hard Fun
OKA+ Schools’ research team
confirms it!
People learn by actively constructing new
knowledge, rather than having information
"poured" into their heads.
They learn with particular effectiveness when they
are engaged in constructing personally meaningful
artifacts this is known as “hard fun.” –
Seymour Papert

14. Developing schools that encourage creativity,
innovation and critical thinking for the
21st century learner.

15. Connect With Us
405-974-3779
Jean Hendrickson
www.aplusok.org
Executive Director
jhendrickson5@uco.edu
Rosalynn Wade
Program Director
rwade@uco.edu
Tyler Weldon
Operations Director
tweldon2@uco.edu
http://flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/