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Managing Time – Dos and don’ts of integration

Do see the arts as:

• mutually beneficial, where the critical and creative thinking of the arts complements other subjects
• enhancing other subjects
• resources for other learning areas
• a means of interpreting subjects, ideas or concepts
• building understanding of life-centred issues
• setting a creative problem or challenge for students to solve
• a significant learning area that when integrated must have equitable outcomes with the other learning areas.

Don’t see the arts as:

• tacked-on activities
• an opportunity to provide some busywork that will yield a pretty poster or diorama.
• subservient or token
• an opportunity for teachers to take over and solve the challenge for students.