Curriculum & Pedagogy B:
The Arts

Our Arts course explores the Arts disciplines within the New Zealand Curriculum in an Aotearoa context. It focuses on creativity and connections across cultures, settings and other learning areas. We expose kaiako pitomata to practical learning experiences that they can adopt for the classroom as kaiako.  The main emphasis is on being brave and journeying outside their comfort zones to realise the importance of The Arts in the NZC.  Art fosters creativity, experimentation and innovation, it helps to develop imagination, self-expression, self-confidence and critical thinking.

 

The Arts Modules Overview

Module 1: Introduction to The Arts (27 Feb - 3 Mar)

  • What is the Arts?
  • Key Concepts
  • Key Principles
  • Creativity and connections
  • Inquiry and production
  • Challenge and intervention
  • Transformation and empowerment

 

Module 2: Visual Art (13 Mar - 17 Mar)

  • Main elements in Visual Art
  • Developing Visual Literacy
  • Symbolism in Culture
  • Māori and Pasifika Artists
  • Connecting to other learning areas through the arts

 

Module 3: Dance  (5 June - 9 June)

  • Developing Ideas in Dance
  • Connecting Practice to Theory in the NZC
  • The Art of Movement
  • Creating a sequence of movement in dance

  

Module 4: Music (19 June - 23 June)

  • Fundamental Elements of music
  • Soundscapes
  • Composition
  • Using google tools to create music

 

Module 5: Drama  (26 June - 30 June)

  • Classroom drama
  • Integrating drama across the curriculum
  • Te Ahu Taiohi

 

Module 6: Visual Art  (31 July - 4 Aug)

  • Printmaking and Collage
  • Communicating and Interpreting in visual arts
  • Pedagogical approach – using an Artist model
  • Assessment in Visual Art

 

Module 7: Music  (6 Nov - 10 Nov)

  • Making musical instruments
  • Ko au au – connecting culture and history
  • Creating authentic connections between subject areas