by Gaddier in July 2013, publish in spanish on El Sol Latino Newspaper

We live in an interactive and hyperactive environment with a quantity of visual and environmental stimuli that goes far beyond our conscious capacity to assimilate. Just observe how many times you are writing an email or playing with your phone while watching a TV program and listening to music at the same time. Then we try to understand the current incidence in children and adults of what they call learning and behavioral disorders like ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder) doctors and health professionals mostly seek to counteract the issue with medicines that in my opinion help teachers more by not having to deal with one more challenge in the classroom, than the children who take these medications that can have severe side effects. When other more intelligent methods can be used to help students in their intellectual, social and emotional development. The integration of art in education is one of the methods that can most help students.

It is understood that this is not just a visual arts or music class or course, but a true integration into the school curriculum, you can teach division with drums or scale measurement with drawing workshops while having a real experience of teamwork and sociocultural connection with individual personal satisfaction in the simple task of making a mural.

Professor Ron Butzlaff published with the University of Illinois; A pilot intervention study showed that training in musical skills is a valuable additional strategy to help students with reading difficulties. There are other studies that explain how the arts can be of great help in developing specific skills. Drawing helps writing, songs and poetry help memorization, dance and theater help understand processes more easily. at the same time as understanding the self, society and culture. Individual and of others. Art education allows us to see the connection with society, helping to understand other cultures, their histories, symbols, myths, values ​​and beliefs. Art is a powerful tool because it allows stimulating, motivating and attracting the attention of different types of students.

• The learning that occurs in contexts where artistic activities are developed generates meaningful experiences that give meaning to the content of what is learned. Not only do they allow for greater depth of learning, but they also positively impact future learning experiences.

Learning with art is like learning to ride a bicycle once you know you never forget.