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The goals for aesthetic and artistic development in the intermediate years support learning experiences that help students to:
Fine arts experiences in the intermediate years continue to expand the knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained through ongoing, active participation in dance, drama, music, and visual arts. As students move through the intermediate years, they develop artistic literacy and use it to extend skills in creating, responding, and presenting. Students gain increasing competence through activities that require the practice and use of these skills within an expanded range of expressive options. Students are further encouraged to incorporate the arts in the development of their intellectual and social lives, both within and beyond the school. Fine arts education in the intermediate years also helps to develop good work habits, and promotes further awareness and understanding of career opportunities in dance, drama, music, and visual arts, and of the contribution of the fine arts to society.
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Revised: July 8, 1998
