THE (HE)ART OF EDUCATION AGNES C. BANAL

Education itself is a comEination of heart and art that comes from the man. Education gives enlight enment to every human Eeing that he Eecomes totally a creature with feelings and understanding. /et¶s taNe a looN first the heart of education, proEaEly, is not the students, not the teachers, not the school administrators, not the parents, not even the leaders and the people. 7he heart of education is the strong and healthy partnership of the staNeholders have among others. 7hey should Ee aEle to eTually play the roles e[pected of them. $s they conscientiously fulfill their roles, they should also respect and trust each other. 7here should Ee eTual play of unity. ,f one tries to overpower or interfere in someone else¶s tasNs, derailment from its intended goal may happen. 7his may sum up, what the *reat $ristotle once said, ³educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.´ What aEout the art of education, sometimes referred to as ³arts learning´, is an approach to teaching and learning that utili]es creativity, imagination, and artistic e[ploration to support student outcomes. ,t helps student to develop motor sNills, language sNills, social sNills, decision maNing, risN taNing, inventiveness, and critical thinN ing. 7o Eecome productive citi]en of this nation. 1ow, Eoth heart of education and the art of education are comEination to maNe every individual responsive of what is Eeing reTuired in education.

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