The preamble of the ‘Seoul Agenda (2010)’ emphasizes that “arts education has an important role to play in the constructive transformation of educational systems that are struggling to meet the needs of learners in a rapidly changing world, characterized by remarkable advances in technology on one hand, and intractable social and cultural injustices on the other.”
Art Integrated Learning is a model which is based on learning 'through the arts' and 'with the arts'.
Engaging with art is essential to the human experience. Almost as soon as motor skills are developed, children communicate through artistic expression. Learning and developmental needs of all children including children with special needs, weaker socio-economic backgrounds, and diverse cultures benefit from performance and expression through the medium of art. It encourages, promotes, and implements learning and living to be part of the natural process. Discovery, observation as well as experimentation makes learning concrete, creative, and rewarding for one and all.
In Mayoor School, one of the Best Schools in Noida, art becomes the medium of the teaching-learning process and a key to understanding concepts within any subject of the curriculum. It resonates with the experiential learning approach. The competent staff of Mayoor School aims at making the students learn through the arts for the development of cognitive (thinking, recalling, and reflecting), affective (social and emotional), and psychomotor (use of body and movement) abilities of the learner.
Since children are naturally curious and respond to music, rhythm, and colours from infancy, students of Mayoor School, engage in art activities and construct personal meaning through their learning in an art integrated environment and delight in the interplay of light, sound, movement, shadow, shapes, and colours. Kinaesthetic experiences help them develop holistically: they display experimentation and scientific temper. Utilizing visual and performing arts encourages creativity, develops problem-solving abilities, and improves the ability to handle mental imagery as well as an understanding for using spaces creatively. This leads to the comprehensive learning and development of children.
We at Mayoor School Noida, believe that by conducting plenty of activities like dance, drama, musicals, pantomimes, and plays, we can instill creativity and artistic temperament in the students.
We aim at:
- developing curiosity, interest, and enjoyment in the students’ creativity.
- developing skills needed for the creation of visual and performing artwork
- using the language, concepts, and principles of visual and performing arts.
- communicating students’ thoughts and ideas through visual and performing arts.
- developing receptiveness to visual and performing art forms across time, place, and cultures, and perceiving the significance of these art forms as an integral part of life.
Mayoor School, the best CBSE-affiliated international school in Noida, makes a concerted effort to ensure that their learners feel like an expert in their respective creative fields, acknowledges the diversity of their student population, and understands the importance of promoting cultural awareness. The school makes it interdisciplinary, incorporates performances giving participants a mission, and encouraging everyone to try new things to celebrate cultures.
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