Curriculum Integration in Art and Design: A Report on the Subject

This report examines the integration of art and design curricula, focusing on how art can be used to enhance learning and creativity. It delves into the application of cognitive science and postmodern theories in art education, highlighting the importance of analogous thinking and imagination. The report explores the role of art in fostering a deeper understanding of concepts and promoting innovative thinking. It emphasizes the use of visual elements and conceptual collages to facilitate learning and provide insights into the postmodern art. The report concludes by suggesting that the integration of art into the curriculum can act as a catalyst for substantive learning and the development of new ideas, ultimately improving the students' way of thinking and learning.

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The article talks about integration that is emerging in the education of art and explores
the cognition as well as learning concerning the theory of visual culture and postmodern.
New findings also show how theories arising from cognitive science help in shaping the
understanding of the audience regarding learning as well as epistemology. The essay aims to
show how art when it is connected to the area of inquiry, helps in making a sound pedagogy.
According to the author, the literature concerning learning theory requires a certain
degree of understanding. There is a close connection between learning as well as creativity.
According to some authors, creative thought arises from analogous thinking. Imagination too
links creativity and knowledge (Marshall). The main finding of the article is that integration
of art harmonises with postmodern contemporary thought regarding the education of art and
at the same time advocates a postmodern strategy for teaching art. The author by bringing
theories of cognitive and metaphor approach shows how substantive integration improves
learning as well as creativity (Marshall). In the postmodern art, the images that help in
connecting art as well as science reveal mental process and also create meaning as well as
insight with the help of conceptual collage. These are the images that assist the teachers as
well as the students in understanding the postmodern art that deepens and guide artmaking
concerning teaching (Marshall).
To conclude, it must be noted that postmodern art act as catalysts in the development
of substantive curriculum. The above approach will help the students to generate ideas in
thinking and learning in an integrative way.

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References
Marshall, Julia. Connecting Art, Learning And Creativity: A Case For Curriculum Integration. San
Francisco State University, 2005, p. 227.