Arts

MYP Arts (Year 1-3)

In the Middle Years Programme (MYP), students develop through creating, performing and presenting arts in ways that engage and convey feelings, experiences and ideas. It is through this practice that students acquire new skills and master those skills developed in prior learning. Students have opportunities to function as artists, as well as learners of the arts.

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.

Key Concepts in Arts
Key concepts promote the development of a broad curriculum. They represent big ideas that are both relevant within and across disciplines and subjects. Below are the 16 key concepts to be explored across the MYP. The key concepts contributed by the study of arts are aesthetics, change, communication and identity.

Aesthetics

Change

Communication

Communities

Connections

Creativity

Culture

Development

Form

Global interactions

Identity

Logic

Perspective

Relationships

Systems

Time, place and space

Related Concepts in Arts
Related concepts promote deep learning. They are grounded in specific disciplines and are useful for exploring key concepts in greater detail. Inquiry into related concepts helps students develop more complex and sophisticated conceptual understanding. Related concepts may arise from the subject matter of a unit or the craft of a subject—its features and processes.

Audience 

Boundaries 

Composition 

Expression

Genre 

Innovation 

Interpretation 

Narrative

Presentation 

Representation 

Style 

Visual culture

Play

Role

Structure

Objectives for Arts

Criterion A: Knowing and understanding 

i. demonstrate knowledge of the art form studied, including concepts, processes, and the use of appropriate language ii. demonstrate knowledge of the role of the art form in original or displaced contexts 

iii. use acquired knowledge to inform their artwork. 

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 C: Thinking creatively 

i. outline a clear and feasible artistic intention 

ii. outline alternatives, perspectives, and imaginative solutions 

iii. demonstrate the exploration of ideas through the developmental process to a point of realization. 

Criterion D: Responding 

i. outline connections and transfer learning to new settings 

ii. create an artistic response inspired by the world around them 

iii. evaluate the artwork of self and others.

*Information on these pages is from the MYP Subject Guides and the MYP Project Guide. International Baccalaureate Organization. 2014. Print.