How can learning in the Arts domain be effectively interwoven with learning in other domains?
The Victorian Essential Learning Standards address interdisciplinary along with physical, personal and social capacities, as much as the discipline understanding with which they interact. These three components must be effectively interwoven. Following are some examples of how the Arts links with learning in other domains in the Standards. When students create and make arts works, they use thinking and working practices to explore and communicate ideas, experiences and feelings. Making and reflecting on decisions about the ways they and other artists interpret and expressively develop real, imaginary and abstract ideas develops students’ personal learning (reflecting aspects of the Thinking Processes, Communication and Personal Learning domains). When students create and make arts works they also demonstrate their creativity by applying imagination and lateral thinking to possibilities. Students who design arts works consider the nature and scope of the ideas they want to communicate t
