CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT FOR ARTS TEACHERS

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This course equips Arts Teachers with the essential knowledge, skills, and competencies to design, implement, and evaluate effective arts curricula aligned with national standards, learner diversity, and 21st-century skills. It focuses on curriculum frameworks, backward design, assessment for and of learning, performance-based tasks, rubrics, and authentic assessment strategies appropriate for visual arts, music, dance, theater, media arts, and integrated arts education. Emphasis is placed on contextualized, culturally responsive, and outcomes-based teaching practices relevant to Philippine basic and higher education settings.

Explain foundational principles and frameworks of curriculum design in arts education
Align arts curricula with national standards (e.g., K–12 MELCs, institutional outcomes)
Apply backward design and constructive alignment in arts lesson planning
Develop meaningful and inclusive learning outcomes for arts instruction
Design authentic, performance-based, and portfolio-based assessments
Construct valid and reliable rubrics for assessing arts performance and creative outputs
Implement formative and summative assessment strategies in arts classrooms
Integrate cultural, community-based, and interdisciplinary perspectives in arts curricula
Utilize reflective practice and feedback to improve curriculum and assessment design
Produce a complete curriculum and assessment plan for an arts subject or unit

Course Content

MODULE 1: FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM IN ARTS EDUCATION

Introduction
Lesson 1: Understanding Curriculum in Arts Education
Lesson 2: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Arts Curriculum
Lesson 3: Goals and Purposes of Arts Education in the 21st Century
Lesson 4: National and Institutional Curriculum Standards (K–12, HEIs, CPD)

MODULE 2: CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS AND MODELS IN ARTS EDUCATION

MODULE 3: LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCY MAPPING IN ARTS

MODULE 4: BACKWARD DESIGN AND UNIT PLANNING FOR ARTS INSTRUCTION

MODULE 5: ASSESSMENT IN ARTS EDUCATION

MODULE 6: DESIGNING RUBRICS AND EVALUATION TOOLS FOR THE ARTS

MODULE 7: FEEDBACK, REFLECTION, AND ASSESSMENT DATA USE

MODULE 8: CONTEXTUALIZED, TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS CURRICULUM

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Course Content

MODULE 1: FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM IN ARTS EDUCATION

Introduction

Lesson 1: Understanding Curriculum in Arts Education

Lesson 2: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Arts Curriculum

Lesson 3: Goals and Purposes of Arts Education in the 21st Century

Lesson 4: National and Institutional Curriculum Standards (K–12, HEIs, CPD)

MODULE 2: CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS AND MODELS IN ARTS EDUCATION

Introduction

Lesson 1: Discipline-Based Arts Education (DBAE)

Lesson 2: Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in the Arts

Lesson 3: Integrated and Interdisciplinary Arts Curriculum Models

Lesson 4: Culturally Responsive and Contextualized Arts Curriculum

MODULE 3: LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCY MAPPING IN ARTS

Introduction

Lesson 1: Writing Clear and Measurable Learning Outcomes

Lesson 2: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor Domains in Arts Learning

Lesson 3: Alignment of Outcomes, Content, and Assessment

Lesson 4: Vertical and Horizontal Articulation of Arts Competencies

MODULE 4: BACKWARD DESIGN AND UNIT PLANNING FOR ARTS INSTRUCTION

Introduction

Lesson 1: Principles of Backward Design

Lesson 2: Identifying Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions

Lesson 3: Designing Units and Lessons for Arts Subjects

Lesson 4: Differentiation and Inclusivity in Arts Lesson Planning

MODULE 5: ASSESSMENT IN ARTS EDUCATION

Introduction

Lesson 1: Principles of Assessment for, as, and of Learning

Lesson 2: Authentic and Performance-Based Assessment in the Arts

Lesson 3: Portfolio Assessment and Documentation of Learning

Lesson 4: Formative Assessment Strategies in Arts Instruction

MODULE 6: DESIGNING RUBRICS AND EVALUATION TOOLS FOR THE ARTS

Introduction

Lesson 1: Characteristics of Effective Rubrics in Arts Assessment

Lesson 2: Analytic vs. Holistic Rubrics

Lesson 3: Criteria Development for Artistic Processes and Products

Lesson 4: Ensuring Reliability and Validity in Arts Evaluation

MODULE 7: FEEDBACK, REFLECTION, AND ASSESSMENT DATA USE

Introduction

Lesson 1: Constructive Feedback and Student Reflection in the Arts

Lesson 2: Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment Strategies

Lesson 3: Using Assessment Data to Improve Teaching and Learning

Lesson 4: Ethical and Inclusive Assessment Practices

MODULE 8: CONTEXTUALIZED, TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS CURRICULUM

Introduction

Lesson 1: Integrating Local Culture, Heritage, and Indigenous Arts

Lesson 2: Technology and Digital Tools in Arts Curriculum and Assessment

Lesson 3: Community-Based and Experiential Arts Learning

Lesson 4: Curriculum Adaptation for Diverse Learning Contexts

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