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Student Outcomes

Curriculum
Student Outcomes
THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING
  • Apply previously learned information in new situations.
  • Identify and understand cultural and aesthetic bias.
  • Recognize interrelatedness of the arts.
  • Explore multiple learning modes, higher level thinking skills, and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrate awareness and appropriate use of the community.
  • Understand the process of independent thought and judgment essential for living in a democratic society.
CONTACT AND CONCEPTS
  • Understand and apply major concepts of music, dance, theater, and the visual arts and know how they interrelate.
  • Understand the aesthetic principles underlying arts education
  • Understand that the arts are discrete disciplines that also interrelate with the content and concepts of all the other disciplines
  • Acquire skills for future physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • Demonstrate active listening.
  • Demonstrate respect for opposing viewpoints.
  • Use appropriate vocabulary.
  • Use artistic media for aesthetic expression.
  • Use available technology to express the arts.
DATA SKILLS
  • Use current technologies to collect, analyze, and present data.
  • Analyze data to draw conclusions and/or make predictions in all art forms.
  • Evaluate data to make choices about artistic expression and personal preference.
  • Understand the process of independent thought and judgment essential for living in a democratic society.
GROUP SKILLS
  • Collaborate with others, valuing their opinions and contributions while working toward groupconsensus and compromise.
  • Contribute to class activities by having the ability to share materials and responsibilities, participate with others, and respect the opinions of others.
  • Cooperate with a partner, group, or class in the process of creating a product/performance.
LABORATORY SKILLS
  • Use appropriate safety techniques and display proper handling of materials and clean-up.
  • Learn proper skills for manipulation and application of technology.
  • Use current technology to gather, create, process, and present information.
ETHICAL ISSUES
  • Be aware of personal values and recognize the role they play in the creative process.
  • Recognize artistic contributions made by both genders and all cultures.
  • Respect and be sensitive to individuality and cultural diversity to promote cooperation.
  • Recognize the worth, quality, and importance of one’s own work.
  • Understand how creative expression raises ethical questions.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  • Acquire an understanding of how the environment may affect the arts as well as how the arts may affect the environment.
DIVERSITY ISSUES
  • Accept diversity and understand the value and worthof each individual.
  • Understand that everyone should accept responsibility for her/his own creative choices.
  • Be aware that all people have equal potential to make contributions to the arts.
HISTORICAL AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES


VOCATIONAL TRENDS

  • Understand that artistic concepts and ideas evolved over time through the collective efforts of women and men of all races and cultures.

  • Understand the many career and lifelong leisure opportunities available in the arts and art-related activities.
  • Appreciate the wide use of the arts in all aspects of life.
  • Apply aesthetic principles to decisions regarding consumer and community choices.