Teacher's Guide
Goals from the California Visual and Performing Arts Framework


Aesthetic Perception
Goal I: To develop and expand aesthetic perception in students so that they may:
  • Increase aesthetic awareness of visual and tactile qualities in works of art, nature, events, and objects within the total environment.
  • See the world directly and metaphorically by perceiving the physical world in terms of visual and tactile images and symbols which are unique to the visual arts.


Creative Expression - Artistic Knowledge and Skills
Goal II: To develop and expand visual arts knowledge and skills to express ideas imaginatively, students must be able to:
  • Acquire artistic skills to express and communicate responses to experiences.
  • Recognize the importance of personal experiences and respect the originality in their own visual expressions and in the artwork of others.
  • Develop manipulative and organizational skills in using visual arts media effectively to translate ideas, feelings, and values.


Visual Arts Heritage - Historical and Cultural
Goal III: To acquire knowledge of historical and cultural developments which occur as a result of varying needs and aesthetic points of view, students will be able to:
  • Study a variety of artworks and accomplishments of contemporary, historic, and prehistoric cultures.
  • Understand that art reflects, records, and shapes history and plays a role in every culture.
  • Gain an understanding of their creative abilities and their artistic heritage within the context of a comprehensive world view.
  • Clarify their own aesthetic values and learn to appreciate differences in the aesthetic values of others.


Aesthetic Valuing - Analysis, Interpretation, and Judgment
Gaol IV: To develop a base for making informed aesthetic judgments students will be able to:
  • Make informed responses to works of art, nature and other objects within the total environment by using objective criteria for anylysis, interpretation, and judgment.
  • Derive meaning and value from experiences by making and justifying judgments about aesthetic qualities in works of art and other objects within the total environment.
  • Use analysis, interpretation, and judgment about visual relationships based on learned aesthetic values to improve art production.




December 1995.
Last revised February, 2014
By Tom March, tom at ozline dot com