This exploration of process fosters such thinking skills as perceiving and solving problems, taking risks, and making choices. Each unit of study is written to serve the unique needs of the particular school or class in which it will be taught. Following the focus on the art under study, teachers continue utilizing the AAB methodology across the curriculum. Results of the Arts Are Basic program are highly positive. Teachers particularly like the cross-curricular opportunities that the Arts Are Basic program offers.
Teachers report new levels of confidence in helping students learn through aesthetic education.
Teachers indicate that they are able to integrate effectively the philosophy of the Arts Are Basic program into all areas of their regular classroom teaching. Teachers feel they are better teachers because they participate in the program. Administrators indicate that the curriculum in their schools is improved as a result of the Arts Are Basic program. Multiple evaluations are conducted with all personnel involved throughout the Arts Are Basic year. These evaluations are assessed each year and program adjustments are made as deemed appropriate.