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Vol. 29
ACARA CONSULTATION
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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
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http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ australian-curriculum/k-12-arts.html
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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
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth PO Box 6022 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600
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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
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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/
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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
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