Vce Art and Studio Art

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The review and redevelopment of VCE Art and Studio Arts was undertaken concurrently to consider their complementary relationship and to support the distinctive focus of each individual study. One of the central attributes of a VCE study design is its flexibility as a curriculum, a framework upon which teachers can build a teaching and learning program specific to the requirements, interests and needs of their students and respectful of the distinctive culture of the schools in which the study is implemented. It is this attribute that provides opportunity for the best possible engagement of students when teachers select the most appropriate content and pedagogy to address the curriculum requirements. In VCE Art and Studio Arts teachers have the flexibility to select artworks, artists, ideas and themes, techniques and disciplines, within the parameters of the key knowledge and skills required to meet the outcomes of the study. The revised ‘Advice for teachers’ section of both studies is a suggested guide and offers teachers a variety of examples of possible teaching and learning activities relevant to the outcomes. Both studies offer advice for teachers when developing an appropriate course of study including explanations of specific terms used throughout the studies. VCE Art and Studio Arts share some terminology, including references to visual language. Visual language is defined as artmaking skills and aesthetic awareness and is demonstrated in the ability to employ formal elements and principals to communicate meaning. Visual language is the language required to make art and is distinct from art language, which is the terminology employed to speak about art. Students are required to develop and demonstrate literacy in both areas of communication as implied through the aims of the studies. In VCE Art students analyse, interpret and respond to the artworks of
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