The Arts are organised expressions of ideas, feelings and experiences in images, music, language, gesture and movement. They provide for sensory, emotional, intellectual and creative enrichment and contribute to the child’s holistic development. Much of what is finest in society is developed through a variety of art forms which contribute to the cultural ethos and sense of well-being of an individual.
Why should one learn Arts?
Education deals with human nature, which has its own potential and pace of growth. Its objective is not to mould, but to facilitate the individual to grow and develop into a creative and productive citizen. The aim is to make an individual free to make his/her own choices in life and grow holistically. In other words, education in general and Art Education in particular is a way for one to grow and become sensitive to the beauty in nature, of social values and the aesthetic aspects of life as a whole.
The Objectives of learning Arts are:
- Awareness about oneself and one’s immediate environment, from physical existence of objects to daily life experiences and their social importance.
- Development of individuality, sense of self and self-identity including personal identity and social identity.
- Opportunity for experiential learning through exploring, appreciating, creating, imagining and expressing.
- Develop sensory, kinaesthetic, psycho motor and affective abilities.
- Develop cognitive abilities such as imagination, divergent thinking, critical and reflective thinking.
- Develop an understanding of art materials, methods, tools & techniques, and of processes to communicate and express ideas and feelings in different ways.
- Develop a non-verbal means of communicating ideas and seeing relationships to reinforce verbal learning.
- Develop the sensory and other skills in differently abled children (children with special needs) so as to include them in to the mainstream of the process of art learning with normal children.
- Appreciation of India’s heritage and cultural diversity, and that of the world.
- Develop humane values of peaceful co-existence with nature and other human beings.
Arts Education as a separate entity will take a theme based approach. Apart from that, Art will be integrated into the subjects wherever possible / required.