Teacher Education for the Arts Discipline

ASSERTION #2

The art of teaching the arts means far more than getting students to see the arts as “nice” or “fun.” It means providing them with in-depth access to the content of the arts as academic disciplines.

QUESTIONS FOR DECISION MAKERS

• In light of the Standards, what content elements of the teacher preparation process, in terms of the arts disciplines themselves, now require more focus or attention (e.g., basic and advanced skills in creation, performance, analysis, and integration; knowledge of historical, analytical, and cultural dimensions; breadth of knowledge across the arts)?
•  the relationship of the teacher to the education system
• depth versus breadth
• the use of time as a crucial instrumental resource 
• the use of technology in teaching art
• In light of the Standards, what content elements, in terms of other disciplines, now require more, or less, focus or attention?
• standards in dance, music, theatre and the visual arts will require more focus and attention