1. Victorian Curriculum F–10 Online professional learning session Introduction to Visual Arts Level 7 - 10 Kathryn Hendy-Ekers Curriculum Manager, Visual Arts & Media

2. Session overview Visual Arts in the Victorian Curriculum o Learning area structure o Organising ideas o Working with interdependent strands o Using the web site Curriculum planning and Resources Visual Arts terminology Content Descriptors & Achievement Standards Scoping a Unit of work in Visual Arts

3. Victorian Curriculum F–10 Released in September 2015 as a central component of the Education State Provides a stable foundation for the development and implementation of whole-school teaching and learning programs The Victorian Curriculum F–10 incorporates the Australian Curriculum and reflects Victorian priorities and standards http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/

4. Design and structure Victorian Curriculum F–10 Based on eight learning areas and four capabilities Capabilities Critical and Creative Thinking Ethical Intercultural Personal and Social Learning Areas The Arts Dance Drama Media Arts Music Visual Arts Visual Communication Design English Health and Physical Education The Humanities History Geography Civics and Citizenship Business and Economics Languages Mathematics Science Technologies Design and Technologies Digital Technologies

5. The Arts in Victorian Curriculum One Learning Area that includes curriculum for six Arts disciplines that schools use to plan and deliver a teaching and learning program: F–10 Dance Drama Media Arts Music Visual Arts 7–10 Visual Communication Design

6. Bands F 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 The curriculum is represented in two-level bands on a continuum An achievement standard is provided for each band The Foundation (F) standard signifies the importance of the Arts in the early years of schooling Towards Foundation Levels A–D support students with a disability

7. Common strand structure The Arts have a common structure involving four interdependent strands, each involving making and responding Explore and Express/Represent Ideas Practices Respond and Interpret Present and Perform

8. StrandsF-67-10 Explore and Express/Represent Ideas Explore ideas and improvising with ways to express/represent ideas. Manipulating and applying the elements/concepts with intent Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to express/represent ideas Manipulating and applying the elements/concepts with intent Practices Developing and refining understanding of skills and techniques. Structuring and organising ideas into form. Developing and refining understanding of skills and techniques Structuring and organising ideas into form Present and perform Sharing through performance, presentation or display. Sharing artworks through performance, presentation or display Respond and interpret Analysing and reflecting upon intentions. Examining and connecting artworks in context. Analysing and reflecting upon intentions Examining and connecting artworks in context

9. Exploring & expressing/representing ideas imagining exploring possibilities visualising improvising innovating responding to stimulus: visual, audio, kinetic, written experimenting with techniques or materials manipulating elements, materials or conventions devising trialling shaping ideas

10. Practices ‘ways of doing’ in the Arts discipline or selected form, style, genre or tradition developing and extending skills applying conventions using materials, techniques and processes documenting, recording, notating, annotating reflecting, questioning, seeking and responding to feedback developing and extending a personal approach/aesthetic

11. Present and Perform making decisions about how work will be presented: designing the exhibition space (physical or virtual) situating work within a broader context introducing the work to an audience using exhibition conventions developing and using individual and collaborative skills, techniques and practices communicating ideas and intentions to an audience

12. Respond and Interpret researching asking questions exploring ideas considering context seeking and responding to feedback using materials, skills, techniques and processes applying conventions analysing, evaluating, reflecting, refining

13. Learning as artist and audience AudienceArtist Artwork responding and interpreting using imagination expressing/representing ideas presenting and performing techniques and processes using materials practicing skills instruments evaluation exploring thinking analysis media

14. Making and responding Students learn as artist and as audience through making and responding Making is informed by responding & responding informs making

15. What is happening in your school? At what levels is Visual Arts taught? Is it taught with another Arts discipline? How is the Arts program arranged?  Semesters?  Blocks  A cross arts program? How is Visual Arts scheduled in levels 9 & 10?

16. Take the web tour Overview Introduction Using the view and filter options http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/foundation10/viccurriculum/navigate.aspx

17. Access by curriculum or level supports planning: Navigating the Website Learning areas and capabilities Levels For advice on navigating the website see http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/foundation10/viccurric ulum/viccurr-resources.aspx

18. 4 ways of seeing the Arts curriculum 1.Learning Area view 2.Arts discipline view 3.3 levels view 4.1 page view – only content descriptions and achievement standards

19. Learning Area landing page About the Arts Glossary Navigation to Arts discipline specific landing pages http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/introduction/about-the-arts

20. 2 sets of information Introduction Rationale & Aims Structure Learning in the Arts discipline Scope and Sequence Curriculum Towards Foundation Levels A- D (Students with disabilities) F 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 Arts discipline pages Link: http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/dance/introduction/rationale-and-aims

21. Curriculum pages Multiple level view is the default, the user can select different views such as a single level apply filters such as looking at just the ‘practices’ content descriptions for Levels F, 2, 4 and 6

22. F–10 on one page Scope and sequence charts contain only the mandated curriculum of content descriptions and achievement standards http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/dance/introduction/scope-and-sequence

23. Curriculum and resources Curriculum 2016 school choice between AusVELS and Victoria Curriculum F–10 Victorian Curriculum F–10 from 2017 Resources General advice Specific Arts discipline advice Evolving Bookmark and check for updates Email ideas for updates http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/foundation10/f10index.aspx

24. Curriculum planning and reporting guidelines In relation to the Arts 7 – 10: 5 - 8 an Arts program that at Years 5–6 and 7–8 consists of at least two Arts disciplines, one from the Performing Arts and one from the Visual Arts. (p. 20) 9 – 10 an Arts program that includes in this band of schooling learning in at least one Arts discipline. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/viccurric/RevisedF-10CurriculumPlanningReportingGuidelines.pdf

25. Curriculum mapping Mapping identifies the extent of curriculum coverage in units of work and clearly links teaching, learning and assessment while working with the curriculum continuum. Mapping templates support teachers to identify where content descriptions and achievement standards are being explicitly addressed within the school’s teaching and learning program. Templates For each Arts discipline F-6 7-10 Instructions http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/foundation10/ viccurriculum/curriculumplanning.aspx

26. Terminology Band/Level descriptions statements that provide an overview to the content descriptions and achievement standard within the level or band. Strands key organising elements within each curriculum area. Content descriptions specific and discrete information identifying what teachers are expected to teach and students are expected to learn. Elaborations non-mandated, advisory examples that provide guidance on how the curriculum may be transformed into a classroom activity or learning opportunity. Achievement standards statements that describe what students are typically able to understand, and are the basis for reporting student achievement.

27. Victorian Curriculum Learning as artist and Audience/Viewer AudienceArtist Artwork Contexts Institutions Exhibitions Performance Intention Expression Experimentation Presentation Communication Representation

28. Learning in: Visual Arts Visual arts practices The application of Arts skills and knowledge to create, represent, communicate and respond in a specific art form, tradition and/or style. The practices of making and responding are interdependent and interactive. The practices of interpreting, comparing and contrasting, reflecting, analysing, appreciating and evaluating can inform a making process but can also be used independently. In Visual Arts the use of conceptual and practical processes in art making such as the use of sources of inspiration, exploration of ideas, exploration of and experimentation with materials and techniques, and the development and refinement of art works.

29. Learning in : Visual Arts  Focus on the practices of visual artists in different cultures, contexts and environments. Thinking, responding, making.  Viewpoints of responding and making artworks through the practices of the artist and the engagement of the audience.  Key ideas and issues in contemporary art practice that reflect beliefs and values of society.  Visual conventions: underlying structure of artworks. Composition, style, art elements and art principles.  Materials, techniques and processes that are used in artistic practice.

30. Interdependent strands StrandExplore and Represent Ideas Visual Arts Practices Present and Perform Respond and Interpret Explore ideas, experiences, observations, imagination …. artworks and artists from different cultures and times. Experiment, select, apply Materials, techniques, processes, technologies and visual conventions. Create and display artworks considering audiences, ideas and artists’ intentions and meaning. … reflecting, questioning, analysing and evaluating as a viewer and artist …Identify specific features and purposes of artworks from different periods of time and cultures.

31. Content Descriptor examples Level 7 Content DescriptorsExemplar Explore & Express Explore the practices used by artists to develop expressions of themes, concepts or ideas in their artworks. Explore how artists used materials, techniques, technologies and processes to realise their own intentions in artworks. Explore the work of a range of contemporary artists who focus on ‘found objects’ to express ideas about contemporary society. Discuss the processes the artists have used in their works to develop their ideas. From this exploration the students could develop their own ideas about the focus of their work and the ideas they wish to express. Visual Arts Practices Experiment with materials, techniques, technologies and processes to express ideas, concepts and themes in their own artworks. Develop skills in planning and designing art works and documenting artistic practice. Create a series of sculptures that document different experiences that the student has about their ‘life at school’. The students document their practice including the experimentation of materials and processes and the development and refinement of the work. Present & Perform Present artwork considering how ideas can be expressed to an audience. Students visit an exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, or online exhibitions such as the Biennale of Sydney or a digital excursion through the Museum of Contemporary Art. Considerations for display of their own work. Respond & Interpret Analyse how ideas and viewpoints are expressed in artworks. Identify and connect specific features of visual artworks from different cultures, historical and contemporary times. Complete a written analysis of the ideas and viewpoints expressed in a range of works both contemporary and historical.

32. Content Descriptors & Achievement Standards Level 7 Content DescriptorsAchievement Standards Explore & Express Explore the practices used by artists to develop expressions of themes, concepts or ideas in their artworks. Explore how artists used materials, techniques, technologies and processes to realise their own intentions in artworks. Students identify, analyse and evaluate how other artists use materials, techniques, technologies, processes and visual conventions to express ideas and convey meaning. Students plan and make their artworks in response to exploration of techniques, technologies and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. Visual Arts Practices Experiment with materials, techniques, technologies and processes to express ideas, concepts and themes in their own artworks. Develop skills in planning and designing art works and documenting artistic practice. Students plan and make their artworks in response to exploration of techniques, technologies and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. Students demonstrate the use of materials, techniques, processes, visual conventions and technologies to express ideas and convey meaning in their work. Present & Perform Present artwork considering how ideas can be expressed to an audience. Students identify, analyse and evaluate how other artists use materials, techniques, technologies, processes and visual conventions to express ideas and convey meaning. Students plan and make their artworks in response to exploration of techniques, technologies and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. Respond & Interpret Analyse how ideas and viewpoints are expressed in artworks. Identify and connect specific features of visual artworks from different cultures, historical and contemporary times. Students identify, analyse and evaluate how other artists use materials, techniques, technologies, processes and visual conventions to express ideas and convey meaning. Students plan and make their artworks in response to exploration of techniques, technologies and processes used in their own and others’ artworks.

33. Achievement Standards - exemplar Achievement StandardExemplar Identify and analyse how contemporary artists use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to express ideas Explore the work of a range of contemporary artists who focus on ‘found objects’ to express ideas about contemporary society. Discuss the processes the artists have used in their works to develop their ideas. Plan and make artworks in response to exploration of other artists works. Students evaluate the way in which they have used materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to express meaning in their work. From this exploration the students could develop their own ideas about the focus of their work and the ideas they wish to express. The students document their practice including the experimentation of materials and processes and the development and refinement of the work. Use of materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to convey meaning in art works. Create a series of sculptures that document different experiences that the student has about their ‘life at school’. Review an exhibition of artworks and discuss how the curator has presented the work of the artists considering artist intention and use of materials, techniques and visual conventions. Students visit an exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, or online exhibitions such as the Biennale of Sydney or a digital excursion through the Museum of Contemporary Art. Considerations for display of their own work. Identify and analyse how artists from different periods of time use materials, techniques, processes and visual conventions to express ideas in ‘found object’ artworks. Complete a written analysis of the ideas and viewpoints expressed in a range of works both contemporary and historical.

34. Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney http://www.mca.com.au/learn/schools/digital-excursions/ Photo: National Centre for Creative Learning, MCA Sydney

35. National Centre for Creative Learning, MCA Sydney www.mca.com.au/learn

36. National Centre for Creative Learning, MCA Sydney www.mca.com.au/learn Content Descriptors Explore the practices used by artists to develop expressions of themes, concepts or ideas in their artworks. Explore how artists used materials, techniques, technologies and processes to realise their own intentions in artworks.

37. National Centre for Creative Learning, MCA Sydney www.mca.com.au/learn Students evaluate and reflect on the practice of the artist. Identify and analyse the use of techniques, processes, visual conventions that convey the artists intentions. Explore how artists used materials, techniques, technologies and processes to realise their own intentions in artworks. Content Descriptors

38. Contacts Curriculum Manager: Visual Arts & Media Kathryn Hendy-Ekers PH: 9032 1697 Email: Hendy-Ekers.Kathryn.L@edumail.vic.gov.auHendy-Ekers.Kathryn.L@edumail.vic.gov.au