Research on Existing Models

The Arts World Wide curriculum is intended to be an integral part of a comprehensive visual arts program. Consequently, research was conducted on what is commonly referred to as Discipline-Based Arts Education, which draws its content from four fields: art history, art production, art criticism, and aesthetics. These perspectives are instructive and useful because each deepens one’s understanding and appreciation of the various levels of meaning a work of art conveys. Such instruction is intended to be a content-driven, sequential, and an evaluated part of the K-12 core curriculum which is as intellectually rigorous as other core subjects. Critical thinking, creativity, vocabulary, and reasoning are among the skills students can develop through arts education.