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New Zealand curriculum – draft 2006–2007
Read the arts curriculum learning area introduction on page 14:
- The New Zealand curriculum: Draft for consultation 2006 (PDF, 2.24 MB)
- Arts curriculum achievement objectives (PDF, 524.54 kB)
In the arts, students discover how to use their senses, imagination, thinking, and feelings as the stimulus for creative action and response.
The arts learning area comprises the four separate disciplines of dance, drama, music, and the visual arts, each with its own distinct body of knowledge and practice.
The arts community reported satisfaction with the structure and content of the current curriculum. Little significant change was considered. The direction set in the existing curriculum will continue, with minor changes to make things clearer and to ensure the continued relevance of the arts in our students' lives. The four arts disciplines and their four strands are now firmly embedded in school programmes.
The 'understanding the arts in context' strand was strengthened to reflect the growing importance of this area of teaching and learning.
There has been a small reduction in the number of achievement objectives. Minor adjustments aim to help teachers and students to identify the level at which they are working, and clarify the learning progressions.
