Aims
The aims of The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum are:
- to enable students to develop literacies in dance, drama, music, and the visual arts;
- to assist students to participate in and develop a lifelong interest in the arts;
- to broaden understanding of and involvement in the arts in New Zealand.
These aims will be achieved as students develop skills, knowledge, attitudes, and understanding in a broad range of traditional and contemporary art forms of New Zealand and international cultures. Students will:
- develop practical knowledge in the arts, exploring and using the elements, conventions, processes, techniques, and technologies of each arts discipline;
- develop ideas in the arts, individually and collectively, drawing on a variety of sources of motivation to make art works;
- communicate and interpret meaning in the arts, presenting and responding to a wide range of art works;
- understand the arts in context, investigating art works and the arts in relation to their social and cultural settings.
