Cornett Art Integration Summary

"""Teachers who cause students to fall intensely in love with learning, change minds. A changed mind leads to changed life.""

After listing the chapter objectives, Cornett opens with this quote to show her position that arts integration adds meaning in children's academic, social, and cultural lives. She does an efficient job showing that art is a conduit for critical thinking and gives facts on the effects that art has on certain domains - intellectual, social, personal, and emotional. Whether Cornett mentions particular schools that are moving towards art integration, or Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School (ARCA) that has decades of experience with art-based education, she articulates that art integration is always evolving. So, how exactly should art integration happen? The first chapter of the text gathers information

Cornett's first chapter framework elaborates on how the combined sources define 10 Pillars for art integration: (a) Philosophy of education; (b) Arts literacy; (c) Collaborative planning; (d) Aesthetic environment; (e) Literature as a core art form; (f) Best teaching practices; (g) Differentiation; (h) Instructional design; (i) Assessment FOR learning; and (j) Arts partnerships." Cornett provides statistics for administrators who have executive powers to persuade how learning takes place in the classroom. Using numerical data, superintendents and principals can understand that including art in the school environment enhances learning, motivation, and cultural awareness, which in turn produces high academic scores and good attendance. Once a school formally integrates art, Cornett makes a strong argument that classroom teachers can "bring life to life, and liveliness to learning" by networking with art specialists, that not only have expertise in art, but with insight into a classroom curriculum, can