Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS › Subchapter C - HIGH SCHOOL › Section 117.316 - Theatre, Level II, Adopted 2013

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General requirements. Students may fulfill fine arts and elective requirements
				  for graduation by successfully completing one or more of the following theatre
				  courses: Theatre Arts II, Theatre and Media Communications II (one credit per
				  course), and Theatre Production II (one-half to one credit). The prerequisite
				  for each Theatre, Level II course is one credit of Theatre, Level I in the
				  corresponding discipline.
(b)
				  Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate
				  the study of dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique
				  experiences and empower students to explore realities, relationships, and
				  ideas. These disciplines engage and motivate all students through active
				  learning, critical thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts
				  develop cognitive functioning and increase student academic achievement,
				  higher-order thinking, communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine
				  arts applicable to college readiness, career opportunities, workplace
				  environments, social skills, and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and
				  cultural awareness through exploration, leading to creative expression.
				  Creativity, encouraged through the study of the fine arts, is essential to
				  nurture and develop the whole child.
(2) Four basic strands--foundations: inquiry
				  and understanding; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and
				  critical evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying structures for
				  organizing knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Through the
				  foundations: inquiry and understanding strand, students develop a perception of
				  self, human relationships, and the world using elements of drama and
				  conventions of theatre. Through the creative expression strand, students
				  communicate in a dramatic form, engage in artistic thinking, build positive
				  self-concepts, relate interpersonally, and integrate knowledge with other
				  content areas in a relevant manner. Through the historical and cultural
				  relevance strand, students increase their understanding of heritage and
				  traditions in theatre and the diversity of world cultures as expressed in
				  theatre. Through the critical evaluation and response strand, students engage
				  in inquiry and dialogue, accept constructive criticism, revise personal views
				  to promote creative and critical thinking, and develop the ability to
				  appreciate and evaluate live theatre.
(3) Through diverse forms of storytelling and
				  production, students will exercise and develop creativity, intellectual
				  curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaborative skills.
				  Participation and evaluation in a variety of theatrical experiences will afford
				  students opportunities to develop an understanding of self and their role in
				  the world.
(4) Statements that
				  contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while
				  those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
				  examples.