Potential line of enquiry

I recently became a teacher of dance, drama and music. This has led me too consider 'The relevance of performing arts within education'.

 I can immediately think of numerous benefits taking part in the arts in school has on children:

• Boosts confidence
• Encourages team work 
• Encourages children too affiliate and co-operate with other class members. (This may encourage children too be friends and therefore reduce bullying and number of children feeling isolated)
• Dance is a form of exercise which in turn could reduce child obesity
• Script reading will allow children too practice their literacy skills.
• Allow children of whom do not particularly excel in academic work, too express intelligence and talent through the arts. Gardner (1983) suggests  children can be musical-rhythmic’ and ‘bodily-kinaesthetic’ learners.

I researched this topic and found american studies proving how arts can benefit learning in different ways on the site below.

http://www.onlinecolleges.net/10-salient-studies-on-the-arts-in-education/

After discussing this topic with other BAPP students I will also consider different cultures and their views on arts in education. Catherine Haywood brought too my attention that schools/universities in Dubai do not offer performing arts as a course. Catherine also mentioned that it is becoming increasingly popular in non compulsory classes out of schools/universities.