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developing individual abilities and finding personal satisfaction
and enjoyment
The expressive arts enable pupils to shape, make sense of and
express personal experience. They promote understanding of the
importance of personal fitness and good health, a sense of physical,
mental and emotional well-being and opportunities to experience
emotion and responsibility. Knowledge of self leads to the recognition
and development of specific talents; creative experiences provide
opportunities to develop imagination and independence of thought,
judgement and action. Pupils can collaborate and compete with
one another and encounter successes and setbacks. Acquiring skills
and experiencing pleasure lead to commitment and worthwhile use
of leisure through childhood and beyond.
emphasise particular ways of communicating with others
Through the use of the skills, techniques and resources of the
expressive arts, pupils learn to communicate with others and to
interpret and respond to the different ways in which others communicate.
This requires the development of presentational and recording
skills. Positive attitudes to others are also developed as pupils
work together. Awareness of the mass media and their influence
on thinking, behaviour and attitudes is heightened.
develop aesthetic awareness
Participation in the expressive arts develops the imagination,
makes pupils more sensitive and responsive to the environment,
heightens critical awareness and contributes to the development
of personal taste. The expressive arts develop a range of aesthetic
values.
make an important social and economic contribution to our
society
Social and economic development in society depend on individuals
who have the capacity to think and act creatively, meet challenge
positively, find imaginative solutions to problems and show initiative
and enterprise. The personal and social skills developed through
this area of the curriculum are valued in contemporary society.
Those who wish to pursue a career related to the expressive arts
should be encouraged in the knowledge that both society and the
economy benefit from those who make such a choice.
develop an awareness of our heritage
The expressive arts provide insight into the human and social
condition and make a contribution to social change and development
in all cultures. Knowledge and understanding of our own and other
societies is deepened through familiarity with and involvement
in the expressive arts.
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