ARTS and CREATIVITY LITERACY

Introduction
This module is intended to give students a broad
understanding of arts and creative literacy across
the curriculum. The importance of arts and
creativity in schooling is discussed in this
presentation. This course explains how to include
arts into literacy instruction in some way to
improve student learning while also giving lessons
that foster students' creative literacy. This will also
serve as a guide to comprehending the aspects of
creativity.
Contents of this Module
This module contains the following lessons:
- Definition of Arts and Creative Literacy
- The Importance of Arts and Creativity in Today's
Education
- What role do the arts and creativity have in
education?
- Ways to Integrate Arts and Creative Literacy into
the classroom.
- Characteristics of Creativity
- Characterizing Artistically Literate Individuals

Behavioral Objectives
 Define the terms "creative literacy" and "arts."
  Assess its significance in 21st-century
schooling.
 Recognize the qualities of creativity.
 Cite literacy teaching practices to the
specialized as future instructors.
 Define what it means for people to be
artistically literate.
Arts and Creative Literacy
And the characteristics of creativity
Specific Objectives:
1. Define arts and creative literacy.
2. Explain the importance of this literacy in
teaching education.
3. Determine critically the characteristics of
creativity and artistically literate individuals.
4. Explain how to integrate Arts and Creative
Literacy in the classroom.
5. Identify Artistically Literate Person

Directions on How to Use this Module

Properly:
You should attentively follow all points in order to
get the most out of this module. The following are
the main points you should be aware of:
1. This module is broken down into several lessons.
Each lesson is properly described so that you may
fully comprehend it.
2. The learning objectives are listed on the opening
page of each lesson. Read them thoroughly.
3. The final section has student activities that you
should do.

Motivation/Prompting Questions:
How can you define arts and creative literacy in
your own words?

Discussion
We know what children need, yet we do not create
the change required in order to provide the context
and support for developing 21st century skills or
multiple literacies. Educators need to foster
students’ thinking to improve education. Teaching
thinking in the art classes offers children to view
and discuss artworks to launch critical
thinking. Bringing arts and creativity together can
be a powerful tool in teaching. This will encourage
reluctant readers, build confidence, and help teach
practical skills.

What’s Arts and Creative Literacy?

Art is defined as a means for portraying the world
on stage by displaying various settings and faces.
Creativity, on the other hand, is the ability to see
things in new ways. It is accomplished by the use
of our imagination. Arts and Creative Literacy can
be expressed through the creation of various art
works as well as creative problem-solving.
Teachers and students must improve their artistic
skills and demonstrate creativity in a variety of
activities.
A fascinating technique to help children learn is
through art-infused schooling. According to
research, incorporating art into the curriculum
boosts student involvement. Art fosters 21st-
century readiness by encouraging the development
of the 4Cs: Creativity, Critical thinking,
Communication, and Collaboration.

The Value of Arts and Creativity in Education

No one doubts the importance of foundation topics
like reading and math in the development of
competent citizens, but few people challenge the
importance of art and creativity in the
development of children. The significance is
critical. Arts and creativity promote happiness and
help students make connections across courses. It
will also teach problem-solving, which is a
necessary ability for life success. Children gain
confidence in their talents and learn how to
innovate by participating in artistic activities and
studying.
Risk-free discovery is encouraged by the arts and
creativity, and it is this freedom that fosters
confidence. Furthermore, from early childhood
through the early and later years of schooling, arts
have been found to produce contexts and
situations that result in enhanced academic, social,
and behavioral results for kids. Students gain an
avenue for powerful creative expression,
communication, aesthetically rich understanding,
and connection to the world around them when
they participate in outstanding arts of education
programs. Students may not be laying the
groundwork for motor skills, abstract thinking, or
appropriate emotional responses if they do not
have access to art and creative efforts.

What role do the arts and creativity have in

education?
Art activities can help children enhance their
reading and language skills. Art improves writing
through developing expressive and introspective
skills, as well as print awareness, spatial
connections skills, visual literacy, and verbal
originality. Creativity inspires children to learn.
Decades of studies have linked creativity to a
natural desire to learn. When students are focused
on a creative goal, they become more engaged in
their studies and motivated to gain the skills
required to achieve it. Dance, music, and other arts
education help students find relationships and
develop problem-solving skills that they can apply
to other courses. Additionally, these can be a
solution for keeping learners engaged, and creative
tools can assist in achieving success in the
inventive workforce.

Ways to integrate arts and creative literacy

into the classroom.
Enhancing creativity, building self-confidence,
promoting cooperation, and providing an alternate
approach to assess learning are all ways that arts
can help students understand Common Core
criteria. As future teachers, we are responsible not
just for our students' literacy but also for their
creative activity. We may employ common tactics
to bring learning to life by using artistic, creative
activities to build natural links to the arts. Here are
five ideas for how teachers and administrators
might incorporate art into their classrooms:
[Link] students to use art jargon.
 – Teach pupils art-related terminology and
encourage them to utilize them in everyday
speech and presentations.
2. Allow kids to sketch and name their thoughts,
ideas, and feelings to express themselves.
- Children, particularly those learning English or
those with special needs, may discover that
sketching helps them explain and communicate
more effectively. The development of vocabulary,
grammar, and writing can then be founded on their
art. Furthermore, pictures aid students'
comprehension of written words by offering more
context, allowing them to relate relevant input to a
specific topic or text.
3. Expand your knowledge of study units.
- To better grasp themes in history and other
subjects, students can construct dioramas, models,
sculptures, sketches, or other relevant artifacts.
4. Allow students to take part in role-playing
exercises.
- Giving kids the opportunity to play out a tale,
character, or event might help them grasp it
better. Role-playing will help students gain
confidence and knowledge in a much more
meaningful way, whether they act out only a
section of a text or conduct a "readers' theater"
exercise in which each student acts out a part of a
text.
5. Make art a part of other subjects.
- Demonstrate how art relates to other subjects
such as science (for example, observing the
change in state or color of a living thing or plant),
math (geometric shapes, measuring), social
studies (history told through paintings and
photographs, acting out historical events through
drama), and writing (for example, observing the
change in state or color of a living thing or plant)
(write a critique of a famous work of art).
Creativity’s Characteristics
Creativity is a wide term that applies to all
situations. All creative characteristics are not
created equal. It varies from one person to the
next. Some characteristics of creativity are as
follows:

1. Innovation of New Ideas

- Creativity generates new ideas. Managers and
employees' initiatives, plans, policies, problem-
solving, and fresh ideas are all taken into account.
2. Fearlessness
 - This is an intriguing personality trait because
highly creative people tend to believe in the VALUE
of their ideas.
3. Positive attitude
- A positive attitude is necessary for creative
thinking since it drives the mind to search for
details, wonder, and actually find solutions.
4. Originality
- A person's fundamental contribution is tied to
their creativity. Nature is not incorporated in the
work.
5. Universal
- Because it is the creative spirit employed in
many areas of life – such as creative sketching,
creative writing, and creative thoughts – it is a
universal and generic ability that may be used for
any purpose. "Creativity is the activity of doing
weird things in general," one thinker wrote in this
regard.
6. A strong sense of wonder
- Creative thinkers are enthralled by the world
around them. They ask a lot of questions and have
a tendency to focus so intensely that it frequently
surprises them as they try to explain how things
operate, or the beautiful structure, or whatever
else they set their minds to.
7. It can be natural or acquired
- Because entrepreneurial ideas are almost new
and original, creativity can be innate or acquired.
However, for some people, their ideas are not their
own but are drawn from information and
experience.
8. Brain creativity
-Creativity is a type of brain activity rather than
a concept or a technique. All creative
characteristics are not created equal. However,
activities can help to develop creativity
characteristics.

Characterizing Artistically Literate Individuals

How would you describe a pupil who is artistically
literate? The following are common characteristics
of artistically literature individuals, according to
literature on art education and art standards in
education:
• use a variety of artistic media, symbols, and
metaphors to communicate their own ideas and
respond to artistic communication of others;
 • develop creative personal realization in at least
one art form in which they continue active
involvement as an adult;
• cultivate culture, history, and other connections
through diverse forms and geographies.
• seek creative experiences and support the arts in
their communities; and
• find joy, inspiration, peace, intellectual
stimulation, and meeting when they participate in
the arts.
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Learning Activities:
Answer the following and explain each question.
Write your answers in hand written form.
A.
[Link] 3 sentences, what is your own definition of
arts and creative literacy and why it is
important?

[Link] only one (1) way to integrate arts and
creative literacy in the classroom. As a future
teacher, how are you apply it in your own
classroom? (5-6 sentences only)


B. ENUMERATION
There are eight (8) creativity’s characteristics, give
only five of them in any order.
1-8.