Benefits of arts education In addition to economic benefits of investment in arts education for students in the primary and secondary sectors there are a plethora of social and intellectual benefits: • encouraging self expression and self
awareness •
building confidence and self esteem • thinking creatively and conceptually • problem solving • increasing motivation and improving behaviour • developing organisational skills • being able to work collaboratively and independently • developing multiple learning styles •
building maturity and appreciation • developing observational skills • raising global
awareness and respect for other cultures • promoting literacy through analysis and interpretation • increasing enjoyment and fun in learning • developing
spatial and visual skills • encouraging qualitative
awareness • seeing different perspectives • openness to subtlety, nuance, flexibility and imagination
It also is vital in
building strength, resistance, co-ordination,
spatial awareness and balance, whilst increasing brain and sensory development, and improving well - being and happiness.