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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an arts integration specialist (in a school outside of the DC area). So, of course, I'm all for the projects that lead to creative problem-solving, working in a group, non-traditional learning reaching all students, and so on.

BUT! I'm also a traditional learner who benefits most from reading, writing, and taking notes during lectures.

I think that much of the time, in an effort to "reach all students, teachers and schools who use this methodology miss out on educating the traditional learners who do best with rote memorization, logical math rules, note-taking, reading, and essay-writing. It's phenomenal that schools have found ways to reach out to students who might not learn best in traditional ways, and to make learning fun, teaching creative problem-solving and skills for real-world communication. But there absolutely has to be a blance.[/quote]

well said![/quote]

I absolutely agree. I really want arts integration -- that is, a curriculum where music and art are not afterthoughts. I want out of the box. But I'm an analytical thinker and from my observation there's nothing in shorter supply than people who can write cogent 10-page essays with a strong, thoughtful perspective. My hope would be to see arts enrich and advance the "traditional" areas rather than supplanting them.

I recently took a school off our list for this reason. It's a really nice little school, and I liked it. But they seemed so reliant on group, artsy projects, which were in turn all tied into thematic units. Not everyone enjoys or can be assessed well on these measures. It would have been perfect for some people, but I couldn't shake the feeling it might not be right for our child.

YMMV.[/quote]

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