The Australian Curriculum is a skeletal document for Australian schools to use to develop their own unique, school-based curriculum documents. This means that teachers from any state and territory in Australia can adapt or add flesh to the skeletal curriculum to suit the needs and diverse interests of their unique school communities. For example, the unique needs and interests of students in The Kimberly may differ greatly from those attending school in Inner City Melbourne. The Victorian Curriculum aligns with the Australian Curriculum, whilst also offering significant flexibility for teachers to co-construct their own school-based curriculum of relevance to their unique Victorian teaching and learning needs and interests.
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Remember: The Arts Curriculum is an essential and mandated learning area in the Australian Curriculum. All States must include arts learning in the primary curriculum.
1. The visual arts and media arts both sit under the umbrella of the arts learning area.
2. The two main strands for the visual arts and media arts are: Responding and Making.
Responding involves the child as audience.
Making involves the child as artist/maker.
These actions come together forming a creative process.
Revise the curriculum documents and resources for the Visual Arts and Media Arts here:
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The power of feedback and critical engagement in class
This example of critical and creative thinking is situated in a primary school context however, it is a powerful example which could be adapted to secondary learning and teaching contexts. Austin builds his visual arts skills to demonstrate observations and scientific knowledge through an observational drawing of a butterfly. The formative assessment process described here reinforces the importance of clear, targeted and timely feedback throughout integrated learning experiences to elicit rich learning outcomes for students.
To critically and creatively discuss visual artworks, students require a shared vocabulary. How will you encourage students to articulate their ideas and observations implementing this glossary?
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Source: https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/sports-broadcasting-illustration-of-practice
The high impact strategies document provides useful information that will be useful for your teacher support planning.
For example, you will find some excellent information about 'Questioning' in this document. This will help you to develop quality lower order to higher order questions for teachers to use in conjunction with your text. These will prompt students to think broadly and deeply in response to your text.
References:
Bordwell, D., & Thompson, K. (2013). Film as art: creativity, technology, and business. In Film Art: an introduction (pp. 1–48). essay, McGraw-Hill.
