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6.5 Art- Integrated Learning

The NCF 2005 has recommended “Art as a subject at all stages covering all four major
spheres, i.e. music, dance, visual arts and theatre… We must bring the arts squarely into

the domain of the curricular, infusing them in all areas of learning while giving them an

identity of their own at relevant stages.”

It also states, “The importance of India’s heritage crafts, both in terms of their economic

and aesthetic values, should be recognized as being relevant to school education.”

Keeping the above in mind, the Board has held discussions with several stakeholders,
including schools, principals, teachers, NCERT, art professionals, etc., and accordingly it
has emerged that integration of Art with education will lead to the betterment of learning

in the classrooms.

Art-Integrated Learning is a cross-curricular approach to teaching and learning based
on collaboration between the teaching of the subject with the teaching of Art (Visual/

performing etc.), where Art, in any of its multiple forms, becomes the primary pathway to
learn the subject/topic and also of assessment. The integration is meant not only to make CHAPTER 6 : PEDAGOGY

the learning process (of the chosen subject area for integration) joyful, but it also lends
itself to imbibing a greater appreciation and understanding of the art form being utilized

for this purpose.

DICTIONARY

Cross-Curricular

Adjective

Taken from Collins dictionary:

denoting or relating to an approach
to a topic that includes contributions
from several different disciplines and

viewpoints.

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