Background: Parent education programs take many forms and attempt to raise parents’ awareness of factors that positively affect child development. Program effectiveness varies greatly depending on whether parents feel engaged and interested by program content. Purpose: This article discusses a novel, “arts-informed” approach to parent education in a program called ThroughPlay. The program was collaboratively developed with local artists and uses a multimedia presentation (e.g., film, photography, music, and design) to translate scientific information about play and human development to public audiences in more visceral and compelling ways. Methodology/Approach: Sections of the article discuss the growing use of the arts for translating science, the benefits of integrating the arts for emotional engagement and education, and how the arts were collaboratively incorporated to create the ThroughPlay presentation. Findings/Conclusions: Consistent with notions of experiential learning and embodied cognition, arts-informed programs are thought to be effective by instigating an intellectually and emotionally engaging learning process. Implications: Arts–science collaborations are emerging at research universities across the country and are increasingly recognized as having great promise for community engagement and science outreach.

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关于游戏的艺术知情家长教育计划：探索科学推广和社区参与的新方法

背景：家长教育计划采取多种形式，并试图提高家长对积极影响儿童发展的因素的认识。计划的有效性取决于家长是否对计划内容感到投入和感兴趣。目的：本文讨论了一个名为“ThroughPlay”的计划中一种新颖的、“以艺术为指导”的家长教育方法。该计划是与当地艺术家合作开发的，并使用多媒体演示（例如，电影、摄影、音乐和设计）以更加发自内心和引人入胜的方式向公众传达有关游戏和人类发展的科学信息。方法论/方法：文章的各个部分讨论了越来越多地使用艺术来翻译科学，将艺术融入情感参与和教育的好处，以及如何将艺术协同结合以创建 ThroughPlay 演示文稿。发现/结论：与体验式学习和具身认知的概念一致，艺术类课程被认为通过激发智力和情感参与的学习过程是有效的。启示：文科合作正在全国各地的研究型大学中兴起，并且越来越被认为对社区参与和科学推广具有巨大的前景。