MYP & The Arts

Course Description & Aims

In MYP arts, students function as artists as well as learners of the arts. Artists have to be curious. By developing curiosity about themselves, others and the world, students become effective learners, inquirers and creative problem-solvers. Students create, perform and present arts in ways that engage and convey feelings, experiences and ideas. Through this practice, students acquire new skills and master those developed in prior learni

Development in the arts is a dynamic process, and not necessarily linear. Students move freely through a creative process towards a deeper understanding of the arts. The process of creating artwork, as well as the product, demonstrates what students have experienced, learned and attempted to convey.

Arts in the MYP stimulate young imaginations, challenge perceptions, and develop creative and analytical skills. The course encourages students to understand the context and cultural histories of artworks, supporting the development of an inquiring and empathetic world view. Arts challenge and enrich personal identity and build awareness of the aesthetic in a real-world context.

MYP Design Cycle

What is the significance of Arts in the MYP?

Arts stimulate young imaginations, challenge perceptions and develop creative and analytical skills.
Involvement in the arts encourages students to understand the arts in context and the cultural histories of artworks, supporting the development of an inquiring and empathetic world view.
Arts challenge and enrich personal identity and build awareness of the aesthetic in a real-world context.

The Aims of MYP arts are to encourage and enable students to:

create and present art
develop skills specific to the disciplines
engage in a process of creative exploration and (self-) discovery
make purposeful connections between investigation and practice
understand the relationship between art and its content
respond to and reflect on art
deepen their understanding of the world.

🌈Objectives:

MYP arts has four objectives of equal importance and value: knowing and understanding; developing skills; thinking creatively; responding. Although the objectives can be addressed separately to scaffold learning, collectively they enrich teaching and learning of the arts.

Criterion A:🧠Knowing & Understanding

i. demonstrate awareness of the art form studied, including the use of appropriate language

ii. demonstrate awareness of the relationship between the art form and its context

iii. demonstrate awareness of the links between the knowledge acquired and artwork created.

Criterion C: 🎨Thinking Creatively

i. identify an artistic intention

ii. identify alternatives and perspectives

iii.demonstrate the exploration of ideas.

Criterion B: ✍Developing Skills

i.demonstrate the acquisition and development of the skills and techniques of the art form studied

ii.demonstrate the application of skills and techniques to create, perform and/or present art.

Criterion D:🎤Responding

i. identify connections between art forms, art and context, or art and prior learning

ii.recognize that the world contains inspiration or influence for art

iii.evaluate certain elements or principles of artwork.

The Arts Cycle

Throughout the MYP Visual Arts students use the Arts cycle within the units and the tasks they do. This Cycle helps them to understand both the assessment criteria we apply on assessing their work as well as the steps required within a visual investigation.

It is an useful tool that give our students a better understanding of what we are doing within the subject.

The Design Cycle is the Backbone of Every Unit.

It Helps Us to Organize Our Learning.

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