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Rebecca Wilman Module 1: Arts Making 17325590
A unit of inquiry process in good arts education offers opportunities for students to
create personally meaningful artworks by providing a topic or theme for students to
carefully consider their views and ideas they wish to communicate (Dinham, 2011, p.
122). In Learning Activity 4.1 ‘Land art or found object assemblage’, this process is
exemplified by providing a theme that explores the idea of sustainability. This is led by a
series of activities that scaffold students to explore and engage experiences that are
personally relevant and meaningful towards the topic before settling on a final design
(Dinham, 2011, p. 122). Creating personally meaningful artwork is an important feature
within the aims of arts education as students are given opportunities to communicate
the ideas they value in meaningful ways (Australian Curriculum, 2016). Intern this
enables students to become active and informed citizens as expected within the
Australian Curriculum, specifically “exploring ideas and improvising with ways to
represent ideas” to create personal meaning (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and
Reporting Authority, 2016).
References
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Retrieved from
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Content_for_Year_3_-
_Learning_area_content_descriptions.pdf
Australian Curriculum. (2016). Retrieved from
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/the-arts/introduction
Dinham, J. (2011). Delivering Authentic Arts Education. (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning
Australia
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Rebecca Wilman Module 1: Arts Making 17325590
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