EDN 236 : Teaching and Learning

Art

Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1
Discussion.............................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6
References.............................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
The stream of art is popularly known and offers wide opportunities among students in
various fields like mass communication, teaching, counselling and many others. The main
subjects’ options available in art are Drama, Dance, Media arts, Music and Visual Arts.
Drama as a subject helps in understanding the difference between reality and portrayal.
Drama as an art requires seriousness towards work and develops deep concentration for
participating in the activities that are available. Dance is an art form that consists of
sequence of human movement purposely (Holvoet, 2018). The real purpose of introducing
dance as a subject is because it is considered as a good exercise and makes a persona a better
individual. Dance is a ritual that demonstrates all the specimen of human soul. Media art is a
subject that makes the communication through films, video, audio, photography, interactive
media and digital platforms. It introduces a new curriculum that requires new competencies
and offers new learning ways. It helps the students to learn how to communicate effectively
and creatively by the use of new technology. Music is an important art field in the art
stream. The purpose of introducing music as a subject is to explore basic music theory so
that students who have interest in music can extent their knowledge and have a more
comprehensive concepts. Music is a melody of sounds that can unify the mind and soul
(Holvoet, 2018). The other subject that would be discussed in this report is visual art; it is
one of the elective subjects in the art education. It supports children’s in their acquisition of
art and aesthetic way. It stretches the potential of students and develops new values and
attributes so that their future could be brightened. These subjects are important as it
encompasses development domain in child. It offers physical development along with
mental relief.
Discussion
Art should be a compulsory part in everyday activity. It offers a lot of tools so that skills
could be developed. It helps in improving the imagination power, creative skills and also
offers open-ended experiences so that success is oriented is a right way to do something
(Chen & Grauman, 2018). Below is a discussion of the key elements of various art subjects.
The way it can be taught is also discussed.
Drama- The elements of drama is a composition of proses that is used at time of
performance (Desai, et. al, 2016). It offers an interaction between the character and audience