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AISD Music Goals
AISD Music Goals
Music, Grades K–5
Music, Grades K–5
Four basic strands -- foundations: music literacy; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and response -- provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire.
Four basic strands -- foundations: music literacy; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and response -- provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire.
The foundation of music literacy is fostered through reading, writing, reproducing, and creating music, thus developing a student's intellect.
The foundation of music literacy is fostered through reading, writing, reproducing, and creating music, thus developing a student's intellect.
Through creative expression, students apply their music literacy and the critical-thinking skills of music to sing, play, read, write, and/or move.
Through creative expression, students apply their music literacy and the critical-thinking skills of music to sing, play, read, write, and/or move.
By experiencing musical periods and styles, students will understand the relevance of music to history, culture, and the world, including the relationship of music to other academic disciplines and the vocational possibilities offered.
By experiencing musical periods and styles, students will understand the relevance of music to history, culture, and the world, including the relationship of music to other academic disciplines and the vocational possibilities offered.
Through critical listening, students analyze, evaluate, and respond to music, developing criteria for making critical judgments and informed choices.
Through critical listening, students analyze, evaluate, and respond to music, developing criteria for making critical judgments and informed choices.
Austin ISD Fine Arts Department Mission
Austin ISD Fine Arts Department Mission
Our Purpose
Our Purpose
The purpose of the AISD Fine Arts Department is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for cognitive, creative, emotional and social growth. The AISD Fine Arts Department actively seeks to:
The purpose of the AISD Fine Arts Department is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for cognitive, creative, emotional and social growth. The AISD Fine Arts Department actively seeks to:
▪ Build many types of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication.
▪ Build many types of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication.
▪ Explore the influence of the arts and their power to create and reflect cultures.
▪ Explore the influence of the arts and their power to create and reflect cultures.
▪ Engage students in a process that enables them to develop the self-esteem, self-discipline, self-motivation, and cooperation necessary for success in life.
▪ Engage students in a process that enables them to develop the self-esteem, self-discipline, self-motivation, and cooperation necessary for success in life.
Our Beliefs
Our Beliefs
We in the AISD Fine Arts Department share the following beliefs regarding Fine Arts curriculum and instruction:
We in the AISD Fine Arts Department share the following beliefs regarding Fine Arts curriculum and instruction:
▪ Instruction in the Fine Arts is essential for the development of the whole child.
▪ Instruction in the Fine Arts is essential for the development of the whole child.
▪ Fine Arts education is for all students.
▪ Fine Arts education is for all students.
▪ Well-educated students have basic knowledge, skills, and appreciation of the Fine Arts.
▪ Well-educated students have basic knowledge, skills, and appreciation of the Fine Arts.
▪ The Fine Arts provide unique experiences that combine the physical, mental, social, and emotional aspects of human existence.
▪ The Fine Arts provide unique experiences that combine the physical, mental, social, and emotional aspects of human existence.
▪ The Fine Arts are a means of communication beyond the written and spoken word with the self, others, and the world around us.
▪ The Fine Arts are a means of communication beyond the written and spoken word with the self, others, and the world around us.
▪ The Fine Arts are a historical component of civilization and a body of knowledge which provide a sense of cultural integrity and a sense of belonging.
▪ The Fine Arts are a historical component of civilization and a body of knowledge which provide a sense of cultural integrity and a sense of belonging.
▪ Participation in the Fine Arts maximizes critical thinking skills and creativity.
▪ Participation in the Fine Arts maximizes critical thinking skills and creativity.
▪ Fine Arts education prepares students to be successful, contributing members of society.
▪ Fine Arts education prepares students to be successful, contributing members of society.
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