VISUAL LITERACY

 

 

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The three domains are interconnected and operate dynamically rather than in any sequence or hierarchy. The following table reflects the learning outcomes under the domains of PERCEIVING, COMMUNICATING and APPRECIATING, all of which facilitate the attainment of Visual Literacy. Pupils will achieve these through making art and studying art.
By the end of their secondary syllabus, students will be able to:

Acquire Visual Literacy through:
Perceiving
 
Communicating
Appreciating
  • Define problems and issues
  • Experience a variety of methodologies appropriate to art making
  • Acquire a variety of skills used in the context of art
  • Make informed choices in forms, subject matter, media and techniques
  • Link prior knowledge and experience to further study·
  • Recognise issues and themes in visual expressions
  • Identify relationships between visual expressions and other subjects
  • Communicate ideas with imagery, text and appropriate vocabulary
  • Inform and express what they know about the world in which they live
  • Be enterprising and innovative in exploring a variety of solutions to problems encountered
  • Select and apply materials, techniques and technologies to generate and communicate ideas and create works
  • Respond to and evaluate in - progress and completed works
  • Develop vocabulary and dexterity
  • Work in teams and value every contribution
 
  • Enjoy seeing and creating·
  • Derive a sense of achievement and self-esteem, believe in their ability
  • Have moral integrity·
  • Make meaningful responses to sensory input
  • Develop an inquiring attitude and sense of curiosity
  • Appreciate the diversity of visual expressions and communication
  • Value that visual expressions have a history, purpose and function in all cultures
  • Expand their meaning of art to the wider context of learning about the world

 

 

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