Arts Section 1

National Core Art Standards

Creating, Performing/Presenting/Producing, Responding, Connecting

Create

Teachers guide students in developing artisitc ideas, they refine their work through reflection and evaluation

Perform/Present/Produce

teachers encourage students to analyze and select art and improve their techniques for expressing meaning through presentation

Respond

involves understanding and evaluating both the work and the creative process

connect

provides strategies that allow students to relate what they have learned to their own experiences and to society, culture, and history to better understand the art they are studying

conceptualize

the process of forming abstract ideas or concepts based on one’s understanding, perception, and imagination

brainstorming

a creative problem-solving technique that involves generating many ideas or solutions to a specific problem or task

critical thinking

enables individuals to approach complex issues with skepticism, open-mindedness, and a willingness to explore multiple viewpoints before forming conclusions or taking action

create focuses

conceptualize, generate, develop, organize, refine

perform/present/produce focuses

analyze, interpret, select, develop, refine

respond focuses

perceive, analyze, interpret, articulate, evaluate

connect focuses

synthesize, relate, contextualize, understand

creative process steps

prepare, develop, create, revise, reflect

creativity

the ability to produce something new, unique, and original

creative process

the way ideas, art, or projects are developed

prepare

set purpose, gather information and materials, and brainstorm ideas

developp

explore, experiment, plan, and draft your work

create

implement your plans and create a work that reflects a culmination of your research and ideas into a product

revise

revisit and evaluate the work, edit, reorganize, refine, and elaborate as needed

reflect

analyze the experience and gain insights into your thought process

process over product

referring to the belief that the process that leads to originality is more important than the end result

convergent thinking

the cognitive process of narrowing down multiple possibilities to fina a single correct answer or solution

divergent thinking

the cognitive process of generating a wide range of possible solutions or ideas in response to an open-ended problem or question