Doodle art can be integrated into classroom practice for cognitive and non cognitive gains
A Google (2026, November 11) [1] search informed, "Dr. Lalit Kishore is an educator and researcher who advocates for integrating doodle art into cross-curricular and non-artistic subjects to enhance student learning, focus, and inclusion."
Google add the following key aspects of Dr. Kishore's work on doodle art as follows
• Cognitive and Academic Benefits: He highlights how integrating doodling into regular academic subjects improves memory, cognitive functions, focus, attentiveness, and self-awareness.
• Stress-Free and Inclusive Teaching: He promotes doodle art as an equitable, diverse, and stress-free approach to make classroom environments more inclusive.
• Non-Artistic Applications: His research explores how unstructured or informal drawings—when combined with intentional curricular concepts—aid in developing literacy, fine motor skills, and structured thought processes.
• Competency-Based Micro-Learning: He connects creative doodling with experiential, bite-sized learning models to build practical student competencies across STEAM disciplines.
In an earlier write up, Kishore highlighted the non-art use of doodle art as tool for cognitive development, attentiveness training, practice of tripod grasp, enhancement of visual intelligence, visual symbol creativity, therapeutic art, leisure time inexpensive hobby.
The non-art use of art makes classrooms inclusive through enhancing attentiveness, coordination skills and literacy skills for primary kids and special children. As a pedagogical initiative for cross-curricular learning, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been prompting the methodology of Art Integrated Learning (AIL) [2] which it claims to be a component of experiential learning. The CBSE states, “Art Integrated Learning (AIL) is a teaching-learning model which is based on learning 'through the arts' and 'with the arts': it is a process where art becomes the medium of teaching-learning, a key to understanding concepts within any subject of the curriculum.” AIL is viewed as a cross-curricular pedagogical approach that uses visual and performing arts as a primary medium to teach core academic subjects
As a part of the thrust on experiential learning, art-integrated education will be embedded in classroom transactions not only for creating joyful classrooms, but also for imbibing the Indian ethos through integration of Indian art and culture in the teaching and learning process at every level. This art-integrated approach will strengthen the linkages between art and cognitive as well as non-cognitive skills.
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[2] Central Board of Secondary Education. (2025, July 10). Art-integrated learning (AIL) as a pedagogical tool from classes I to XII [Circular No. Acad-43/2025]. Ministry of Education, Government of India.
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