Art of Science and the Science of Art

Abstract

If the curriculum and assessment practices in schools focused on developing the thinking processes and skills related to each discipline/ subject, students would see themselves as practitioners of each discipline and develop a continuing understanding of what practitioners in the work force experience in their daily work.  To be a practitioner of a discipline, an individual has moved from a novice through competent to practitioner and some times an expert. The vocabulary, concepts and processes used by practitioners in the arts and the sciences are critical to develop the thinking skills needed to solve complex problems.  Those complex problems involve both the arts and the sciences in their solutions.  With a focus on practitioner practices and performance assessment, students would be engaged and encountering satisfying experiences as learners in school.