Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2019
Discovery
Course
Year 9
Visual Art
This course is for those students who have
completed previous Core and Discovery level Visual
Arts courses and relies on previous knowledge and
skills accumulated in these preceding courses. The
course work encourages creative and critical thinking
and is essential for those thinking of pursuing art
further. As with the previous courses, students will
create art works responding to a brief and continue
to develop their awareness of the historical and social
contexts that art works are made in. Independent
learning skills such as personal design, decision
making, analysis and final shaping of an artwork are
a key focus of this unit.
The course focus:
• Creating art works that respond to a brief
• Advancing of arts skills and processes
• An understanding of the significance of art in a
historical and social context
• Advancing understanding of appropriate art and
design language
• The ability to make refined personal design
decisions as they relate to a student’s artwork
• Includes a research based project
For additional details about this Arts Discovery
course, please contact:
Mr Adam Derums
Teacher-in-charge
(08) 9377 9277
[email protected]
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