"You approach from one side and know your way about; you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about" (Fleming, 2012)Having started looking at arts in a different context and looking at them from a different side I am left feeling a bit like this
Some questions that have occurred and have got me asking further questions and wanting find out more are:
What should come under the term arts?
Should the arts be grouped together within education? or seen as separate art forms?
Is it necessary for children to be taught art forms in primary education?
How do you develop a child's creativity?
Is Dance loosing recognition as a creative opportunity as a result of being on the PE curriculum?
Should dance be taught by a specialist instructor?
Is it because teachers don't have the confidence and skills to deliver the subjects that they are getting dismissed?
Is enough being done to educate teachers on how to deliver arts subjects?
Should arts just be extra circular subjects?
How important is that children appreciate art?
If anyone has an ideas or wishes to discuss these topics please comment.
References
Flaming, M. (2012) The Arts in Education. Oxon, Routledge.
I think you could put some of these questions to your participants. Although you won't get the definitive answer, their opinions will show you a larger picture and as your quote says you may find another way to enter the same place
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