Access to arts is inequitably distributed in society
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Category:
Research Report |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Inherent value/intelligence Supporting the school environment for learning Supporting learning in other subjects Building society/citizenship Long-term success of students Developing the "whole child" |
Attribution
James S. Catterall, Richard Chapleau, and John Iwanga (1999), "Involvement in the Arts and Human Development: General Involvement and Intensive Involvement in Music and Theater Arts," Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, Arts Education Partnership
Item Text
"Access to the arts is inequitably distributed in our society. Students from poor and less educated families are much more likely to record low levels of participation in the arts during the middle and high school years; affluent youngsters are much more likely to show high, rather than low engagement in the arts. If our analysis is reasonable, the arts do matter--not only as worthwile experiences in their own right...but also as instruments of cognitive growth and development and as agents of motivation for school success. In this light, unfair access to the arts for our children brings consequences of major importance to our society."
Links
www.aep-arts.org (under Publications)
Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org