Artful Learning

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| founded_date = 1992

| founder = Leonard Bernstein

| location = United States

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| focus = Using Arts and the artistic process in the teaching of all academic subjects

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| owner = Leonard Bernstein Office

| homepage = http://www.artfullearning.org

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Artful Learning is an educational philosophy model that is concept-based and interdisciplinary.{{cite web|url=http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R760.pdf |title=Evaluation of the Artful Learning Program |work=cse.ucla.edu |accessdate=2009-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627172329/http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R760.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-27 }} Artful Learning was initiated by Leonard Bernstein and is rooted in using the arts to enhance all areas of education.

History

In 1990, Leonard Bernstein received the Praemium Imperiale, an international prize awarded by the Japan Arts Association for lifetime achievement in the arts. Bernstein used the $100,000 prize to establish The Bernstein Education Through

the Arts (BETA) Fund, Inc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leonardbernstein.com/pfr/pfr_FALL05_rev2.pdf|title=Leonard Bernstein|access-date=January 3, 2015|archive-date=June 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601115140/http://www.leonardbernstein.com/pfr/pfr_FALL05_rev2.pdf|url-status=live}} Leonard Bernstein provided this grant to develop an arts-based education program. The Leonard Bernstein Center{{Cite web|url=http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lbcenter.htm|title=Artful Learning | Leonard Bernstein|access-date=January 3, 2015|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219043100/http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lbcenter.htm|url-status=live}} was established in April 1992, and initiated extensive school-based research, resulting in the Bernstein Model.{{cite web |url=http://webadrenaline.com/artful-2-3-04/about/mission.html |title=History of the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning |work=webadrenaline.com |accessdate=2015-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102155050/http://webadrenaline.com/artful-2-3-04/about/mission.html |archive-date=2015-01-02 |url-status=dead }} After six years of association with the Grammy Foundation, the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning moved to Gettysburg College, PA.{{cite web |url=http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=cfc1e09f-506b-4cc0-ba24-aa67803f635c |title=Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning moves to Gettysburg College |work=gettysburg.edu |date= |accessdate=2005-11-14 |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103042633/http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=cfc1e09f-506b-4cc0-ba24-aa67803f635c |url-status=live }}

Model

Artful Learning is based on Bernstein's philosophy that the arts can strengthen learning and be incorporated in all academic subjects.{{cite web |url=http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=dp2013 |title=THE LEONARD BERNSTEIN ARTFUL LEARNING MODEL: A CASE STUDY OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |work=digitalcommons.nl.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01 |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103043536/http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=dp2013 |url-status=live }} The program is based on "units of study," which each consist of four core elements: experience, inquire, create, and reflect.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-bernstein/leonard-bernsteins-artsba_b_3427779.html |title=Leonard Bernstein's Arts-Based Education Revolution |work=huffingtonpost.com |date=12 June 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-12 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228204909/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-bernstein/leonard-bernsteins-artsba_b_3427779.html |url-status=live }}

Research

Research shows that participation in the arts plays a vital role in influencing brain development and performance. Arts, which are considered enrichment in education programs, may in fact be central to the way humans neurologically process and learn.{{Cite journal|url = http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/65g5z7wp|doi = 10.21977/D97110004|title = Arts Integration in Teacher Preparation: Teaching the Teachers|year = 2011|last1 = Pool|first1 = Jonelle|last2 = Dittrich|first2 = Charles|last3 = Pool|first3 = Ken|journal = Journal for Learning Through the Arts|volume = 7|doi-access = free|access-date = January 4, 2015|archive-date = January 4, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150104044737/http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/65g5z7wp|url-status = live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.irma-international.org/chapter/artful-learning/106314/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 4, 2015 |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104042623/http://www.irma-international.org/chapter/artful-learning/106314/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iakFqWZGvhkC&pg=PA1059|title = The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning: A Project of the Music Educators National Conference|isbn = 9780195138849|date = 2002-04-18|publisher = Oxford University Press, USA|access-date = May 31, 2024|archive-date = December 31, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231231171105/https://books.google.com/books?id=iakFqWZGvhkC&pg=PA1059|url-status = live}} In 1999, The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities teamed up with the Arts Education Partnership to publish a comprehensive study on the inclusion of the arts in education.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiana.edu/~bcec/events/RFKS/RFKS2011/artful.html |title=Artful Learning |work=indiana.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-01-12 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607100225/http://www.indiana.edu/~bcec/events/RFKS/RFKS2011/artful.html |url-status=live }}