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NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS

On September 28 the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) outlined the purpose, roles, activities, governance arrangements and budget for a new national education body whose activities will be framed around standards and professional learning.

ART EDUCATION AUSTRALIA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

On Monday 16th November, 2009, Art Education Australia held a Research Symposium at Monash University's Caulfield campus. The Symposium successfully identified emerging, current and recently completed research in Art Education in Australia, and acted as a catalyst for ongoing dissemination of this research. Eighteen papers were presented covering a range of interests. Nearly 50 Art Education researchers, comprising academics, teachers in schools, curriculum administrators and post-graduate students, were able to engage each other in stimulating conversations concerning the future direction of Art Education in Australia. Another Research Symposium is currently being discussed and may be held in Sydney in November 2010. Papers from the Art Education Australia 2009 Research Symposium are currently being prepared for publication in AEAs journal, Art Education Australia. Progress of that publication is detailed in the link below.

More details    Publication Update    Accepted Abstracts     Programme   

AEA & NAAE

Art Education Australia (AEA) is a member association of the National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE). Marian Strong is the AEA representative on the NAAE and has been invited by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to be a member of the initial reference group for the development of Arts curriculum. Each member association of the NAAE is sending out the following information:

The NAAE 'Update September 2009' paper (Draft - under consultation) is shared here for comments and discussion.

The paper provides a background to the NAAE organisations' work over the past year to this point and the section 'Recommendations for arts learning in the national curriculum' is the result of much debate and consultation, including several meetings with the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA).
NAAE was advised to follow the terminology of the Melbourne Declaration as an 'enabling' document and NAAE's views on the division of 'The arts' into 'performing and visual' remain under consideration."

Please disseminate this paper to members of your state and territory associations and other interested networks and colleagues for comment and discussion.

Recommendations for the Arts in the National Curriculum
Your attention is drawn to page 4’s Recommendations, especially Recommendation (a) as MINIMUM.

An alternative position has been suggested to drop the Melbourne Declaration qualifier (Visual and Performing), and simply maintain ‘The Arts’, with schools selecting any 2 of the 5 artforms listed, as the MINIMUM requirement.

Marian Strong's position on behalf of AEA and supported unanimously by the AEA AGM on 21st September, is for AEA to endorse NAAE Recommendation (a).

All art teachers, networks and associations are encouraged to send feedback on this position, the full set of Recommendations and on the paper as a whole, prior to the next ACARA Reference Group Meeting, scheduled for 13 October.

Send feedback to:

Marian Strong, President, Art Education Australia Inc.
150 Palmerston St. Carlton, Victoria 3053. Australia
T +61 3 9349 5188     F +61 3 9349 3389      M +61 438 028 038      E marian.strong@arteducation.org.au

CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE NEW NATIONAL CURRICULUM

• Latest information

Learning in a Visual Age: The critical importance of Visual Arts Education.

www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/learning/learning_page_5.html - published by the US professional association of art educators, NAEA.

Announcing a New Student Art Exhibition for Students in Years 9 - 12

In 2009 AGRA, in association with Art Education Victoria and Art Education Australia, will host an exhibition for art students who are in years 9 to 12. The purpose is to encourage students to excel in their subject and to foster the interest and development of ‘realist’ art as an important segment of the wider artistic world.

Digital images of work created in a two dimensional medium at school should be sent to AGRA in October and November 2008. Visit the AGRA website for details.

The Exhibition will take place for two weeks in February 2009 at the AGRA Galleries in Camberwell, Victoria. There will also be an on-line exhibition on the AEV and AEA websites.

Awards:

• Exhibited artists will receive a certificate of recognition.
• Vouchers for art supplies for winners of a peoples’ choice award.
• A special one year Student Membership of AGRA.
• A special one year Individual Teacher membership for each of AEA and AEV (for a new member)

Art teachers throughout Australia are urged to encourage their students to enter their work for this important new exhibition which aims to nurture young artists through the display of their work in a professional gallery space. Download a flyer here.

• View some of Marian Strong's photos from InSEA 32 World Congress, Osaka, Japan, held in August 2008.
• INNOVATION REVIEW: Read Art Education Australia's submission
• Update on the National Review of Visual Education (NRVE) sent to the Steering Committee.
• A way forward for National Curriculum?
• Visiting Canberra? Make sure you go to see the SIEVX Memorial
• Designing a Thinking Curriculum - Encouraging higher order thinking in the middle years. Edited by Dr Susan Wilks

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