New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Framework
New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Framework

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Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Supercedes VPA K-166. Encompasses Dance, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts. Visual and Performing Arts and Cross-Content Workplace Readiness standards are presented, "each accompanied by a set of cumulative progress indicators that are grouped for grade-level appropriateness." Learning activities are provided by standard, indicator and grade cluster: K-4, 5-8, 9-12. Six Visual and Performing Arts standards: Aesthetic Awareness; Creating; Arts Elements and Art Media; Critique; Historical, Social, and Cultural Influences and Traditions; Design. Includes chapter on Cognitive Skills Development in the Arts. Provides Adaptations for Students with Disabilities, Students with Limited English Proficiency, and Exceptionally Able Students.

Core Curriculum Content Standards
Core Curriculum Content Standards

Author: Ellen M. Schechter

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-12

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0788137239

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Covers 56 standards covering 7 academic contents areas: visual & performing arts, comprehensive health & physical educ., language arts literacy, math., science, social studies, & world languages. They are not meant to serve as a statewide curriculum guide. They define the results expected, but do not limit strategies for how to ensure that students achieve these expectations. Insistence on a core curriculum means that every student will be involved in experiences addressing all of the expectations of all of the content standards.

Visual And Performing Arts Framework For California Public Schools
Visual And Performing Arts Framework For California Public Schools

Author: California State Department. of Education, Sacramento

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 296

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This framework is designed to help classroom teachers and other educators develop curriculum and instruction in the arts so that all students will meet or exceed the content standards in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. In chapter 1, the framework presents guiding principles for instruction in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. The following chapter guides the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive, standards-based visual and performing arts education programs. Chapter 3 presents the key content standards for kindergarten through grade 8 that provide a beginning point for standards-based instruction; the complete content standards in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts for kindergarten through grade 8; and the content standards for the beginning or proficient level and advanced level for grades 9 through 12. Chapter 4 guides curriculum development for comprehensive, standards-based visual and performing arts education programs. Information on the purpose and forms of assessment in the arts is provided in chapter 5. This is followed by a chapter presenting details on teacher preparation and professional development for each arts discipline. Finally, criteria for the evaluation of instructional materials in the arts for kindergarten through grade eight is provided in the closing chapter. The framework also includes a glossary of terms and an extensive list of selected references and resources. Appended are: (1) Education Code Sections Governing Arts Education Programs; (2) Recommendations for Clarification of the New Visual and Performing Arts Requirement for Freshman Admission to the University of California and the California State University; (3) Careers in the Visual and Performing Arts; (4) Continuum for Implementing Arts Education Programs; (5) Copyright Law and the Visual and Performing Arts; (6) Guidelines for the Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials; and (7) Funding for Arts Education Programs. The original print version is accompanied by a CD of the artwork featured throughout the book. [The framework was developed by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.].