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 117.315 - Theatre, Level I, 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 I, Theatre and Media Communications I (one credit per
				  course), and Theatre Production I (one-half to one credit).
(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.