Arts education involves students in five art forms: Dance, Drama, Media, Music and Visual Arts.
Learning in the arts is an active process involving students in making or doing and appraising or reflecting. Each art form has its own body of knowledge, skills, techniques and processes. By engaging in arts activities, students develop skills and abilities to use processes that contribute to their physical, cognitive, emotional, aesthetic, cultural and social development.
The arts key learning area provides students with opportunities to identify, value and extend their academic, personal and social capabilities by offering students multiple pathways to learning.
Arts education in Queensland schools is supported by the Curriculum Branch. Officers are available to provide advice and assistance to:
On this website you will find information about The Arts Curriculum Support; Policies and Procedures; Arts Programs; Arts Resources and who to contact for further information.
The Arts Professional Learning Community (PLC) also supports arts educators across Queensland and has been developed to:
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