Framework

Comprehensive art education is a curricular model designed to educate the whole child. Learning within the comprehensive curriculum is meaningful to students’ lives. Children have a voice are involved in making curricular choices. Comprehensive art education works hand-in-hand with the National Visual Arts Standards’ framework (SEADAE, 2014) of creating, presenting, responding, and connecting. Its structure is based on international best practice in art education and provides age-appropriate learning outcomes for students to achieve.