The Wow Factor: The impact of arts in education

Ofstedo The arts are important because they areintrinsic components of human culture,heritage and creativity and are ways ofknowing, representing, presenting,interpreting and symbolising humanexperience.o Contact with the arts requires the abilitiesto question, explore and collaborate; andto extend and develop one’s ideas, andthe ideas of others.o The creation of art requires a sense ofstructure, discipline, rigour, and a positiveresponse to challenge.