Arts for Academic Achievement: Arts Integration - A Vehicle for Changing Teacher Practice

Abstract

Arts integration, a teaching approach that uses concepts integral to both arts and non-arts areas, is increasingly being used to reach disenfranchised learners while at the same time replenishing teachers and changing teacher practice. The purpose of this paper is to present evidence of teacher practice change from research on a large urban school district’s arts integration initiative by addressing the question, “What effect has arts integration had on teacher practice?”