Arts integration in rural Minnesota: A collaborative arts integration framework |
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Authors: | Alison E. LaGarry Byron Richard |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA;2. Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA |
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Abstract: | In this article, we demonstrate that arts integration holds unique promise and benefits for helping rural teachers to provide more equitable arts opportunities for their students. These benefits include: professional network development in the service of both curricular development for arts integration and connecting teachers who often work in isolation; additional funding to allow for collaborative planning; and introduction to arts experiences and cultural resources for use in arts-integrated unit planning and implementation. We describe the Perpich Arts Integration Project—an innovative, state-funded program centered on a Collaborative Arts Integration Framework in three rural regions of Minnesota. Then, through data collected via a three-year longitudinal program documentation and evaluation, we describe several themes that we have identified about the implementation of arts integration in rural schools. Finally, we will describe a series of considerations and implications for rural schools seeking to implement such a program in the future. |
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Keywords: | Arts education arts integration rural schools |
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