# Artful Learning

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**Artful Learning** is an educational philosophy model that is concept-based and interdisciplinary.[1] Artful Learning was initiated by [Leonard Bernstein](/source/Leonard_Bernstein) and is rooted in using the arts to enhance all areas of education.

## History

In 1990, Leonard Bernstein received the [Praemium Imperiale](/source/Praemium_Imperiale), an international prize awarded by the Japan Arts Association for lifetime achievement in the arts. Bernstein used the $100,000 prize to establish The Bernstein Education Through the Arts (BETA) Fund, Inc.[2] Leonard Bernstein provided this grant to develop an arts-based education program. The Leonard Bernstein Center[3] was established in April 1992, and initiated extensive school-based research, resulting in the Bernstein Model.[4] After six years of association with the Grammy Foundation, the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning moved to [Gettysburg College](/source/Gettysburg_College), PA.[5]

## Model

Artful Learning is based on Bernstein's philosophy that the arts can strengthen learning and be incorporated in all academic subjects.[6] The program is based on "units of study," which each consist of four core elements: experience, inquire, create, and reflect.[7]

## Research

Research shows that participation in the arts plays a vital role in influencing brain development and performance. Arts, which are considered enrichment in education programs, may in fact be central to the way humans neurologically process and learn.[8][9][10] In 1999, The [President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities](/source/President's_Committee_on_the_Arts_and_Humanities) teamed up with the Arts Education Partnership to publish a comprehensive study on the inclusion of the [arts in education](/source/Arts_in_education).[11]

## See also

- [Alternative education](/source/Alternative_education)
- [Project-based learning](/source/Project-based_learning)
- [Kindergarten](/source/Kindergarten)
- [Montessori method](/source/Montessori_method)
- [Waldorf education](/source/Waldorf_education)
- [Sudbury school](/source/Sudbury_school)
- [Summerhill School](/source/Summerhill_School)
- [Friedrich Fröbel](/source/Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel)
- [Reggio Children - Loris Malaguzzi Centre Foundation](/source/Reggio_Children_-_Loris_Malaguzzi_Centre_Foundation)

## References

1. ["Evaluation of the Artful Learning Program"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100627172329/http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R760.pdf). *cse.ucla.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R760.pdf) on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

1. ["Leonard Bernstein"](http://www.leonardbernstein.com/pfr/pfr_FALL05_rev2.pdf). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130601115140/http://www.leonardbernstein.com/pfr/pfr_FALL05_rev2.pdf) June 1, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

1. ["Artful Learning | Leonard Bernstein"](http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lbcenter.htm). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141219043100/http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lbcenter.htm) December 19, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

1. ["History of the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150102155050/http://webadrenaline.com/artful-2-3-04/about/mission.html). *webadrenaline.com*. Archived from [the original](http://webadrenaline.com/artful-2-3-04/about/mission.html) on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.

1. ["Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning moves to Gettysburg College"](http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=cfc1e09f-506b-4cc0-ba24-aa67803f635c). *gettysburg.edu*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150103042633/http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=cfc1e09f-506b-4cc0-ba24-aa67803f635c) January 3, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2005-11-14.

1. ["THE LEONARD BERNSTEIN ARTFUL LEARNING MODEL: A CASE STUDY OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL"](http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=dp2013). *digitalcommons.nl.edu*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150103043536/http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=dp2013) January 3, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

1. ["Leonard Bernstein's Arts-Based Education Revolution"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-bernstein/leonard-bernsteins-artsba_b_3427779.html). *huffingtonpost.com*. 12 June 2013. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141228204909/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-bernstein/leonard-bernsteins-artsba_b_3427779.html) December 28, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

1. Pool, Jonelle; Dittrich, Charles; Pool, Ken (2011). ["Arts Integration in Teacher Preparation: Teaching the Teachers"](http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/65g5z7wp). *Journal for Learning Through the Arts*. **7**. [doi:10.21977/D97110004](https://doi.org/10.21977/D97110004). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150104044737/http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/65g5z7wp) January 4, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

1. ["Archived copy"](http://www.irma-international.org/chapter/artful-learning/106314/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150104042623/http://www.irma-international.org/chapter/artful-learning/106314/) January 4, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

1. [*The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning: A Project of the Music Educators National Conference*](https://books.google.com/books?id=iakFqWZGvhkC&pg=PA1059). Oxford University Press, USA. 2002-04-18. ISBN 9780195138849. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231231171105/https://books.google.com/books?id=iakFqWZGvhkC&pg=PA1059) December 31, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

1. ["Artful Learning"](http://www.indiana.edu/~bcec/events/RFKS/RFKS2011/artful.html). *indiana.edu*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140607100225/http://www.indiana.edu/~bcec/events/RFKS/RFKS2011/artful.html) June 7, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-01-12.

## Further reading

- [Artful Learning: Holistic Curriculum Development for Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit](https://web.archive.org/web/20150103042920/https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/andragogical-and-pedagogical/9781466658721/978-1-4666-5872-1.ch015.xhtml)
- [Students Make Sure the Cherokees Are Not Removed . . . Again: A Study of Service Learning and Artful Learning in Teaching History](http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ902214.pdf)
- [How singing helped healing: One Napa woman's story](http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/how-singing-helped-healing-one-napa-woman-s-story/article_9c888623-0153-5aae-8da8-8b75a9d859ee.html)
- [Artful Learning Gifted & Talented Open House](https://web.archive.org/web/20150103042720/http://kids.baristanet.com/2012/06/artful-learning-gifted-talented-open-house/)
- [Champions of change : the impact of the arts on learning](http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/champions/pdfs/champsreport.pdf)
- [These museum tours for kids will engage little ones in artful learning](http://www.newyorkfamily.com/artxplorers/)
- [Why Our Schools Need the Arts](https://books.google.com/books?id=tKKdAAAAMAAJ)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.leonardbernstein.com/artful_learning.htm)

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