CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Both the Music and the Arts curricula focus on the learner as recipient of the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for artistic expression and
cultural literacy. The design of the curricula is student-centered, based on spiral progression of processes, concepts and skills and grounded in performancebased learning. Thus, the learner is empowered, through active involvement and participation, to effectively correlate music and art to the development of his/her
own cultural identity and the expansion of his/her vision of the world.
As Music and Arts are performance-based disciplines, effective learning occurs through active experience, participation, and performance, creative
expression, aesthetic valuation, critical response, and interpretation. The skills that are developed include reading/analyzing, listening/observing, performing,
(singing, using musical instruments, movement, acting, and playing, using different art materials, techniques and processes, responding, composing, and
creating. (See Figure 1 and Figure 2)
The philosophical foundations upon which standards and competencies are based include: A Process of Education by Jerome Bruner, Performance-Based
Learning by Cleve Miller, Aesthetic Education by Bennett Reimer, Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner, A Structure for Music Education by Ronald
Thomas, Gongs and Bamboo by Jose Maceda, Compendium on the Humanities: Musical Arts produced by the National Research Council of the Philippines,
Cultural Dictionary for Filipinos by Thelma Kintanar and Associates, Creative and Mental Growth by Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain, Discipline-Based
Art Education by Elliot Eisner, Encyclopedia of Philippine Arts and Tuklas Sining, both produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.