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NSS Visual Arts. Curriculum and Assessment. and Its Implementation. Major Changes to the Curriculum. It adopts an open and flexible curriculum framework, replacing examination-oriented teaching syllabuses; It emphasises both art appreciation and criticism and art making;
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NSS Visual Arts Curriculum and Assessment and Its Implementation
Major Changes to the Curriculum • It adopts an open and flexible curriculum framework, replacing examination-oriented teaching syllabuses; • It emphasises both art appreciation and criticism and art making; • It puts more emphasis on studying the contextual character of the visual arts; and • It emphasises the further development of the mind to which the visual arts can contribute.
Aims It aims to enable students: • enrich their aesthetics and arts experience; • strengthen their abilities to appreciate and create various forms of visual arts work aesthetically and critically; • develop perceptual abilities, generic skills and meta-cognition through autonomous and open-ended processes of inquiry in visual arts learning; • enhance multiple perspectives, and cultural and cross cultural understanding through exploration of the visual arts of diverse cultures; • cultivate personal refinement, values and attitudes, self-identity and a sense of commitment towards the community, the nation and the world; and • acquire a foundation for pursuing educational and career opportunities in the visual arts and creative industries.
Curriculum Framework Students learn through a balanced programme of study consisting of two intertwined and interrelated strands: visual arts appreciation & criticism in contextand visual arts making
Curriculum Framework Learning Strands: • visual arts appreciation & criticism in context • visual arts making Selection of Learning Opportunities: Scope of Learning • Visual arts of at least two different cultural contexts: Chinese, Western, local, etc. • Visual Arts of different media
Curriculum Framework Selection of Learning Opportunities: Knowledge: • formal knowledge • knowledge in context Skills: • for art appreciation & criticism and art making • verbal presentation of art appreciation & criticism Experiences: • general, aesthetic and artistic experiences Values and attitude
Assessment School-based Assessment (50%) One portfolio consisting of : PublicExamination (4 hours) (50%)