Does Experience in the Arts Boost Academic Achievement?.

Eisner, Elliot W.

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ERIC Number: EJ577120

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Does Experience in the Arts Boost Academic Achievement?

Eisner, Elliot W.

Clearing House, v72 n3 p143-49 Jan-Feb 1999

Finds only a very limited research basis for claims about the effects of art experience on academic achievement. Identifies three levels to which arts education contributes: arts-based, arts-related, and ancillary outcomes of art education. Discusses four contributions arts education makes to the arts and to life beyond them. (SR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Cultural Enrichment, Dance, Dance Education, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Music, Music Education, Outcomes of Education, Theater Arts, Visual Literacy

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Section: Culture and the Schools.