Art as a Pedagogical Tool: Transforming Education Through Creativity

Abstract

This paper reviews the use of integrating arts in educational practices and how this process enables critical thinking, emotional intelligence, student engagement, and cultural awareness. This study is based on disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies, classroom case analyses and creative pedagogical frameworks, to draw the relationships between traditional and traditional teaching methodologies and the visual arts, music, theater, and literature. This research shows how creativity sparks cognitive development and inclusive education by putting art as a non-supplementary subject, but as an educational foundation tool. Empirical evidence from pilot implementations supports the paper’s proposed integrative methodological model for embedding art across disciplines. It demonstrates how art can bring humanity to education and help people develop in full.