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14 September 2012

VADEA E-BULLETIN

Vol. 29

9 DAYS LEFT for FEEDBACK


Both the NSW BoS Online Survey and the ACARA consultation for the ACARA DRAFT Australian Curriculum: The Arts will close 23rd September. Please take the time to complete each. VISIT THE VADEA WEBSITE TO READ VADEAs WORKING RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT http://vadea.org.au/wordpress/index.php/2012/08/vadea-draft-response-to-acarasproposed-arts-curriculum/ TO DOWNLOAD DRAFT AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: THE ARTS Click here to view the Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year 10

NSW BoS ONLINE SURVEY


Consultation on the Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts
The Board of Studies is consulting with teachers and the public through teacher focus group meetings in metropolitan and regional centres and an online survey. The focus of the Board's consultation will be on the draft Australian curriculum content. The Board will provide ACARA with formal NSW feedback about the quality and suitability of the curriculum.

ACARA CONSULTATION
To Leave Feedback*
ACARA is conducting consultation on the draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year. ACARA welcomes and encourages your feedback on these draft curriculum materials.

http://consultation.australiancurriculum. edu.au
Closing date: 23 September 2012
*Please note to leave feedback you will need to register with ACARAs website, if you are not already visit

Closing date: 23 September 2012

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ australian-curriculum/k-12-arts.html

http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au /Register

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LETTERS TO MINISTERS

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Dear Minister Garrett We have previously written to you about our concerns about the development of the Australian Curriculum in the Arts. You assured me at the launch of the Shape Paper that we were at the beginning of the process although it was clear at the time that a subjective and generic approach to the Arts had already been set in train which would be difficult to undo or substantially revise with tight timeframes. A commitment to the same approach, despite ongoing efforts from many stakeholders and a poor response to the draft Shape Paper, has been borne out in ACARAs draft Arts curriculum (July 2012), now being consulted on. We note the Prime Minister's crusade to make education better across the nation is admirable and recognise your earlier commitment to an 'Arts rich curriculum'. However we remain seriously concerned that the development of ACARAs draft Arts curriculum is far from best practice. It fails the equal to or better than test when compared with the current NSW Visual Arts syllabuses and content K-10. It has generated little if any support from art and design educators or other Visual Arts stakeholders in NSW or around Australia. The creative process base upon which the draft curriculum has been developed in Making assumes that learning is essentially psychologically based and intuitive within aesthetic experience, rather than acknowledging in any significant way how knowledge is socially constructed (practically and critically/historically) and understanding is built upon different values. The draft curriculum underrepresents the importance of the social context of teacher-student relations in the shaping of creative performances and students cognitive development in the making and interpreting of art. The representation of Visual Arts requires a complete overhaul as it relates to the rationale, learning in visual arts, band and content descriptions and achievement standards. It is critical that curriculum inspires not only students but also their teachers to tackle substantive matters. The draft curriculum fails that test. In a time when education is centre stage in the government's plans for Australias future we urge you to intervene in what has been produced thus far in order that the curriculum fulfils its potential to assist Australians to build their identities (at the level of individuals and groups) artistically, culturally, symbolically and economically in an increasingly globalised world. Yours sincerely, Dr Kerry Thomas Visiting Fellow, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Member of the Visual Arts Consortium Co-President VADEA State and National Issues

SEND YOUR OWN LETTER OF CONCERN TO MINSTER GARRETT


Email: Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au Telephone: 02 6277 7350 Fax: 02 6273 4134 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pgarrettmp
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Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth PO Box 6022 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600

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LETTERS TO MINISTERS

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Dear Shadow Minister, the Hon Christopher Pyne We met with you and your advisor about our concerns about the development of the Australian Curriculum in the Arts in early 2011. It was a useful meeting, as you seemed to understand the difficulties of the approach ACARA was adopting in its draft Shape Paper. Unfortunately, a commitment to the same approach, despite ongoing efforts from a number of stakeholders and a poor response to the draft Shape Paper, has been borne out in ACARAs draft Arts curriculum (July 2012), now being consulted on. We remain seriously concerned that the development of ACARAs draft Arts curriculum is far from best practice. It fails the equal to or better than test when compared with the current NSW Visual Arts syllabuses and content K-10. It has generated little if any support from art and design educators or other Visual Arts stakeholders in NSW or around Australia. The creative process base upon which the draft curriculum has been developed in Making assumes that learning is essentially psychologically based and intuitive within aesthetic experience, rather than acknowledging in any significant way how knowledge is socially constructed (practically and critically/historically) and understanding is built upon different values. The draft curriculum under represents the importance of the social context of teacher-student relations in the shaping of creative performances and students cognitive development in the making and interpreting of art. The representation of Visual Arts requires a complete overhaul as it relates to the rationale, learning in visual arts, band and content descriptions and achievement standards. It is critical that curriculum inspires not only students but also their teachers to tackle substantive matters. The draft curriculum fails that test. In a time when education is centre stage in both the government and opposition's plans for Australias future we hope you may be able to intervene in what has been produced thus far in order that the curriculum fulfills its potential to assist Australians to build their identities (at the level of individuals and groups) artistically, culturally, symbolically and economically in an increasingly globalised world. Yours sincerely, Dr Kerry Thomas Visiting Fellow, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Member of the Visual Arts Consortium Co-President VADEA State and National Issues

THE HON CHRISTOPHER PYNES REPLY


Dear Kerry Thank you for your email and for the update on the development of a national curriculum for the Arts. I appreciate being made aware of the Consortiums ongoing concerns. If you have not already, I would strongly recommend that you bring your concerns to the attention of the Minister for Education, the Hon Adrian Piccoli MP in New South Wales. He has the authority over curriculum matters for NSW, including the decision if the Arts curriculum should be adopted for NSW schools. I will certainly keep these matters in mind as I continue to scrutinise Labor in their development of the Arts curriculum. Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me. Yours sincerely Christopher Pyne

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VADEA NSW CURRICULUM FORMUM HELD JULY 2012


Video from the VADEA NSW Curriculum Forum, held at the AGNSW 28th July, is now up on the VADEA Website.

http://vadea.org.au/wordpress/index.php/2012/09/want-to-know-more-about-thedraft-arts-curriculum/

VADEA Co-presidents Dr Kerry Thomas, Dr Karen Maras and Karen Profilio presented at the Forum, their PowerPower presentation can also be found on the VADEA website.

http://vadea.org.au/wordpress/index.php/2012/07/vadea-national-curriculum-forumresponse-to-the-draft-arts-f-10-paper/

PRESERVICE TEACHER RESPOND TO ACARAs ARTS PAPER


Two preservice teachers, Melanie Crawford and Emma Barry, have shared their responses to the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, an interesting viewpoint.

Visit the VADEA Website http://vadea.org.au/wordpress/index.php/2012/09/more-responses-to-the-draft-australian-curriculum/

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VIST THE VADEA WEBSITE FOR A REGISTRATION FORM http://vadea.org.au REMINDER THE CLOSING DATE FOR VADEA GRANT APPLICATIONS is SEPTEMBER 30th 2012.
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.
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COFA TALKS

Vol. 29

CULTIVATING URBAN ECOLOGIES PLAY, CODE, TRACK: 21ST CENTURY ESSENTIALS


This talk will discuss the recent COFA Faculty Research Grant project Cultivating Urban Ecologies. A small group of Visual Arts teachers and their students transformed local public spaces through smallscale ecological public art projects involving play, codes and tracks. The project takes its lead from Curating Cities, a 2011-2015 NIEA ARC Linkage project that proposes art can be used to care for space. Speakers include: Dr Kerry Thomas, Visiting Fellow, COFA, UNSW, NIEA member. Karen Profilio and Elspeth Grew, North Sydney Girls High School. Nicole De Losa, Hornsby Girls High School. Amy Yongsiri, Burwood Girls High School. Melinda Hodges, Moriah College. When: Sept 25, 2012 Where: COFA lecture theatre: EGO2 Cnr Oxford Street and Greens Road Paddington, NSW Hours: 6-8pm

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Vol. 29

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