| Educators should focus on big ideas and issues and form inquiry based learning to engage students. A key way to focus on art understandings is to ask yourself, "What do I want my students to retain and understand about art long after they have left my classroom." This can be achieved using the four areas of art study to develop the curriculum. Information taken from Rethinking Curriculum in Art. |
The key art understandings are:
- Art is a purposeful human endeavor.
- Art attains value, purpose, and meaning from the personal, social, and cultural dimensions of life.
- Art raises philosophical issues and questions.
- Artworks are objects for interpretation.
- Change is fundamental to art.