Benefits of Theatre Education
When young people are involved with the
arts, something changes in their lives. View the Drama
Education Research Bullets: Impact of Change for highlights of the study.Students of the arts continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination Board. Check out these statistics! 
A panel study which has followed more
than 25,000 students in American secondary schools for 10 years explored
interactions between the arts and human development and achievement.The
work addresses developments for children and adolescents over the period
spent between the 8th and 12th grades, i.e. late middle school through
high school and found in part, that sustained student involvement in theatre
arts (acting in plays and musicals, participating in drama clubs, and
taking acting lessons) associates with a variety of developments for
youth: gains in reading proficiency, gains in self concept and motivation,
and higher levels of empathy and tolerance for others. You may view the
entire document
here.
Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development.
The nation's schools are being challenged to make sure "no child is
left behind" as they strive to help all students reach the level of
achievement essential for success in school, work, and life in the 21st
century. This new Compendium of 62 arts education research studies
explores critical links between learning in the arts and the nation's
ability to successfully meet this goal. Critical Links, brings together a
group of studies focused on understanding the cognitive capacities
developed in learning and practicing the arts and the relationship of
those capacities to students' academic performance and social development.
The studies suggest that for certain populations--including young
children, students from economically disadvantaged circumstances, and
students needing remedial instruction--learning in the arts may be
uniquely able to advance learning success in other areas. |