16 July 2012

VADEA E-BULLETIN

Vol. 25

RELEASED FOR CONSULTATION DRAFT AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: THE ARTS

ACARA has made the draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation-Year 10 available for consultation through 23 September 2012.

TO DOWNLOAD AND READ A COPY* VISIT: http://www.acara.edu.au/arts.html

*Look for the PDF icon titled, Click here to view the Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year 10

Consultation on the Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts closes in

TO LEAVE FEEDBACK*
http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au
*Please note to leave feedback you will need to register with ACARAs website, if you are not already visit http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Register

70 Days!
MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD!

10 REASONS FOR NOT SUPPORTING ACARAs DRAFT ARTS CURRICULUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Does the Rationale identify good reasons for why the Arts should be included in the curriculum including the role of the arts in contemporary societies and the contribution of each subject and how it advances student learning? Do the aims offer sufficient direction in relation to setting high expectations for students learning in the arts and in each subject? Do the general descriptions of making and responding provide a coherent and appropriate way of differentiating practices in the Visual Arts? Does the rationale for the Visual Arts provide good reasons for why students would want to study/learn in the Visual Arts? Is Learning in Visual Arts appropriate with regard to its representation of content including its scope and depth and explanation of practices and viewpoints? Do the band descriptions offer an adequate overview of content that corresponds to what we know of students reasoning and cognitive development in the Visual Arts? Do the content descriptions in Visual Arts set high expectations and are they adequate in their representation of the knowledge, understanding and skills that teachers are expected to teach and students are expected to learn in each band? Would the content elaborations in Visual Arts assist teachers in setting high expectations and enhancing teachers and students common understandings? Would the achievement standards in each band in Visual Arts assist teachers in their assessment of student achievement? Does ACARAs draft curriculum document for the Visual Arts meet the equal to or better that test when compared with current syllabuses in NSW? NO!

NO! NO! A little better but not good enough. NO!

A little better but nowhere near good enough! NO!

8 9 10

NO!

NO! NO!

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THE AUSTRALIAN, 10 July 2012 Design for the arts under fire, by Jared Owens THE new national arts curriculum has been criticised as an "incoherent" attempt to harmonise state standards by appealing to the "lowest common denominator". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/design-for-the-arts-under-fire/story-fn59nlz91226422026192 Note; The Australian requires a members logon to read the full article. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 10th July 2012 Education takes a dramatic new course, by Bianca Hall FOR the first time, all Australian students will study dance, drama, media arts, music and the visual arts until year 10, under a draft new national curriculum released yesterday. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/education-takes-a-dramatic-new-course-2012070921rti.html#ixzz20T3XF9QU THE QUEENSLAND TIMES, 9th July 2012 Change 'shows importance of arts' School children will study arts as early as grade one under plans for a new national arts curriculum released on Monday. http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/07/09/change-shows-importance-arts/ INSIDE STORY, 12th July 2012 Creating and choosing good schools, by Chris Bonnor The Gonski Review has started a new conversation about schools by placing student outcomes at the front and centre of the debate about funding and recommending that we should support students to meet a high standard, regardless of their school. http://inside.org.au/creating-and-choosing-good-schools/ JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: The Hon Peter Garrett MP & The Hon Simon Crean MP, 9th July 2012 Every student benefits from arts education under new National Curriculum http://ministers.deewr.gov.au/garrett/every-student-benefits-arts-education-under-new-nationalcurriculum

VADEA GRANTS
VADEA is happy to announce, for the first time, up to 4 VADEA NSW professional learning grants. The information, application form and terms of conditions can be downloaded in one PDF from

http://vadea.org.au
VADEA is committed to investing in the future of NSW Visual Arts Education. We are keen to support art and design educators in initiatives and projects that will contribute to the field. Some examples include; artist in residency programs, in school exhibitions, rural and metropolitan opportunities, young teacher mentoring and collaborative projects.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE SEPTEMBER 30th 2012. We look forward to hearing from you. Website
http://vadea.org.au

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