Educators' Guide for Pedagogy and Assessment
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Learning Area: Visual and Performing Arts
Art > LEVEL 9
Learning Area Outcome: I value my background and everyday experiences as sources of inspiration and can relate the visual arts to my immediate environment; I am able to draw on my curiosity, imagination and divergent thinking processes to pose questions and explore ideas, spaces, materials and technologies; I can apply skills and dispositions such as goal setting, working independently and collaboratively, showing initiative, experimentation and adaptability
Subject Focus: Encouraging the personal and collaborative responses of the learner: promoting curiosity, exploration, experimentation and invention.
1] I can research and record the local environment using a number of visual processes, directly and from secondary sources.
LEARNING TO DO
2] I can undertake an independent study of artists and designers, choosing and using a wide range of sources and reference material.
PERSONAL LEARNING
3] I am motivated to participate in the organisation of a school-based art exhibition.
LEARNING TO BE
4] I can relate my personal response to my environment, to that of professional artists and designers.
5] I can use a combination of results to create and design final works, to be able to communicate ideas, emotions, and solutions to problems.
LEARNING TO DO
6] I can learn from taking creative risks, through exploring new possibilities.
CREATIVE LEARNING
7] I can explore ideas and work inventively in a range of visual processes.
8] I can evaluate, summarise and communicate the different viewpoints in my group and appreciate the ways different people perceive and express themselves.
SOCIAL LEARNING
9] I am a critically reflective person and I am able to evaluate decisions, choices and actions such as those within group work.
LEARNING TO DO
10] I can manage goals and have good time management skills.
PERSONAL LEARNING
LEARNING TO DO2] I can undertake an independent study of artists and designers, choosing and using a wide range of sources and reference material.
PERSONAL LEARNING3] I am motivated to participate in the organisation of a school-based art exhibition.
LEARNING TO BE4] I can relate my personal response to my environment, to that of professional artists and designers.
5] I can use a combination of results to create and design final works, to be able to communicate ideas, emotions, and solutions to problems.
LEARNING TO DO6] I can learn from taking creative risks, through exploring new possibilities.
CREATIVE LEARNING7] I can explore ideas and work inventively in a range of visual processes.
8] I can evaluate, summarise and communicate the different viewpoints in my group and appreciate the ways different people perceive and express themselves.
SOCIAL LEARNING9] I am a critically reflective person and I am able to evaluate decisions, choices and actions such as those within group work.
LEARNING TO DO10] I can manage goals and have good time management skills.
PERSONAL LEARNINGLearning Area Outcome: I understand how to employ basic ethical decision-making when reflecting on my own and others’ art works and when creating art works that involve the intellectual and cultural property rights of others; I can interpret a variety of artistic forms, recognising and evaluating traditional, historical and contemporary works and identifying possible meanings; I understand the role of the visual arts in fostering lifelong learning. I am also aware of professional arts companies, galleries, museums, cultural organisations and creative adults, in Malta and the wider world, and their role in achieving such learning.
Subject Focus: Interpreting and Evaluating Art.
1] I can use a range of research sources, including the internet, to find and extract information to inform purposeful enquiry.
DIGITAL MEDIA
2] When talking and writing about art I can confidently describe, interpret and evaluate my own work and the work of peers, artists, craftspeople, and designers using specialist vocabulary.
WRITING
3] When talking about and presenting my art and the art of others, I am aware of intellectual property rights.
4] I can make reasoned judgements about my own work and that of others, demonstrating contextual understanding.
COGNITIVE LEARNING
5] I can evaluate my own work as it develops and use these judgements to make decisions about how to proceed, taking into account intellectual property rights.
6] I can give and receive constructive criticism and I can document how and why my work has changed in response to evaluation.
PERSONAL LEARNING
7] I can evaluate art from other cultures, commenting on the different ways that visual elements are used.
I understand that not all art places the same emphasis on visual elements.
8] I can understand and discuss different ways to create art successfully.
COGNITIVE
9] I can communicate the contributions of the work of artists and designers to society.
10] I can communicate my interpretation and understanding of art through digital media, such as photography and digital manipulation.
COMMUNICATION
11] I can make links with performing art disciplines.
COGNITIVE
12] I can recall some of the principles of 20th and 21st Centuries art.
DIGITAL MEDIA2] When talking and writing about art I can confidently describe, interpret and evaluate my own work and the work of peers, artists, craftspeople, and designers using specialist vocabulary.
WRITING 3] When talking about and presenting my art and the art of others, I am aware of intellectual property rights.
4] I can make reasoned judgements about my own work and that of others, demonstrating contextual understanding.
COGNITIVE LEARNING5] I can evaluate my own work as it develops and use these judgements to make decisions about how to proceed, taking into account intellectual property rights.
6] I can give and receive constructive criticism and I can document how and why my work has changed in response to evaluation.
PERSONAL LEARNING7] I can evaluate art from other cultures, commenting on the different ways that visual elements are used.
I understand that not all art places the same emphasis on visual elements.
8] I can understand and discuss different ways to create art successfully.
COGNITIVE9] I can communicate the contributions of the work of artists and designers to society.
10] I can communicate my interpretation and understanding of art through digital media, such as photography and digital manipulation.
COMMUNICATION11] I can make links with performing art disciplines.
COGNITIVE12] I can recall some of the principles of 20th and 21st Centuries art.
Learning Area Outcome: I can interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in a number of visual modes; I can apply my understanding of the properties of media and of techniques to specific tasks and purposes that will benefit user groups and audiences.
Subject Focus: Demonstrating understanding of Materials, Techniques, Skills, Media and Aesthetic Qualities.
1] I can confidently use a variety of ways of recording, showing skills in different media.
2] I can consider, select and appropriately use a wide range of media. I can also combine different media to realise my intentions through mixed media.
3] I can think creatively to solve problems.
COGNITIVE
4] I can work confidently in a range of process-based activities, using both 2- and 3-Dimensionality.
5] I can demonstrate an understanding of visual elements and their use in Western and other art traditions, and can refer to my own work.
6] I am able to present my work in a way that demonstrates how my ideas have developed. I am able to show how I can modify and refine my work through of 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional and mixed media have increased.
COGNITIVE LEARNING
7] I recognise how artists in the 20th and 21st Centuries experimented with perspective, and I can apply this understanding to my own work.
2] I can consider, select and appropriately use a wide range of media. I can also combine different media to realise my intentions through mixed media.
3] I can think creatively to solve problems.
COGNITIVE4] I can work confidently in a range of process-based activities, using both 2- and 3-Dimensionality.
5] I can demonstrate an understanding of visual elements and their use in Western and other art traditions, and can refer to my own work.
6] I am able to present my work in a way that demonstrates how my ideas have developed. I am able to show how I can modify and refine my work through of 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional and mixed media have increased.
COGNITIVE LEARNING7] I recognise how artists in the 20th and 21st Centuries experimented with perspective, and I can apply this understanding to my own work.
Learning Area Outcome: I understand the capacity of visual arts to address moral, ethical, social and political issues relevant to Malta and the wider world. I appreciate that the arts can be challenging and provide a space for addressing social difference as well as facilitating social and cultural cohesion; I understand that imaginative activity can be harnessed to produce outcomes that contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of Malta and the wider world; I know how to learn and update my knowledge of the arts.
Subject Focus: Art in Context.
1. I can identify art, craft and design produced at different times throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries, including art produced in Malta.
2. I can demonstrate how artists produce art that challenges notions of inequality, poverty, racism and discrimination.
SOCIAL CHANGE
3. I can discuss how art relates to the society in which it is produced and/or exhibited.
LEARNING TO KNOW
4. I understand the ethical and legal issues surrounding the access and use of digital media.
DIGITAL MEDIA
5. I can demonstrate my understanding of the roles and functions of art in different cultures and ethnic minorities.
6. I can discuss some of the different types of art that emerged during the 20th and 21st Centuries. I can relate this understanding to my own work.
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
7. I understand the differences of roles and functions of art throughout the ages.
8. I can investigate specific environmental issues through visual processes, such as global warming.
LEARNING TO KNOW
9. I can demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the ways the internet has affected art production and distribution.
DIGITAL MEDIA
10. I understand relationships between visual culture and personal and social lives, technology, and contemporary events.
MANAGING INTERNET US
11. I can research and investigate contemporary Maltese art.
12. I can explain how colour and its symbolic meaning are not universal but differ culturally.
13. I can demonstrate an ability to create art that is site-specific.
2. I can demonstrate how artists produce art that challenges notions of inequality, poverty, racism and discrimination.
SOCIAL CHANGE3. I can discuss how art relates to the society in which it is produced and/or exhibited.
LEARNING TO KNOW4. I understand the ethical and legal issues surrounding the access and use of digital media.
DIGITAL MEDIA5. I can demonstrate my understanding of the roles and functions of art in different cultures and ethnic minorities.
6. I can discuss some of the different types of art that emerged during the 20th and 21st Centuries. I can relate this understanding to my own work.
LISTENING AND SPEAKING7. I understand the differences of roles and functions of art throughout the ages.
8. I can investigate specific environmental issues through visual processes, such as global warming.
LEARNING TO KNOW9. I can demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the ways the internet has affected art production and distribution.
DIGITAL MEDIA10. I understand relationships between visual culture and personal and social lives, technology, and contemporary events.
MANAGING INTERNET US11. I can research and investigate contemporary Maltese art.
12. I can explain how colour and its symbolic meaning are not universal but differ culturally.
13. I can demonstrate an ability to create art that is site-specific.
