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October 21, 2010 VADEA EBULLETIN Vol. 1
Vol. 1 Issue 1
Welcome to the first publication of the Visual Arts and
Design Educators Association (VADEA) EBulletin. Consultation on
Our aim is to provide up to date information and The Arts Draft Shape Paper closes in
resources on the proposed changes to Visual Arts in
the Australian Curriculum.
54 Days!
In The News Visit the ACARA site and offer you opinions.
ARTWORKS RADIO NATIONAL, 24 October 2010 http://www.acara.edu.au/default.asp
Hear Brian Ladd (Visual Arts Consortium), Rob
Randall (ACARA) and Derek Weekes (NAAE/Media The Arts Shape Paper is designed to inform the
Arts) talk about the draft Shape Paper. curriculum writers on the structure and content of
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/default.htm The Arts syllabus.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 21October 2010
Independent schools lament a return to rote learning Up Coming Events
“Independent schools in NSW and the ACT have
joined the chorus of criticism against the new
Friday 29 October
national curriculum, labeling it a ''20thcentury''
Presentation on The Arts Shape Paper
document.”
Liverpool Girls’ High School, Forbes St, Liverpool
http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/independent
3:30pm onwards, Room 1, Entry via office at LGHS.
schoolslamentareturntorotelearning20101020
Please RSVP kathryn.coleman@det.nsw.edu.au
16ud5.html
Speakers include: Dr Adele Flood, Senior Lecturer,
Curriculum Development, Learning & Teaching and
THE AUSTRALIAN, 9 October 2010 Susan Coleman, Head Teacher Creative & Performing
A Curriculum at the Crossroads
Arts LGHS.
"Teachers say the descriptions are too broad,
requiring them to rely on their own interpretation to st
Monday 1 November
teach a subject, and the teacher in the following year
VADEA Preservice Visual Arts Teachers Forum
to assume what was taught previously."
5pm start, ACU Strathfield.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/a th
Please RSVP by 28 October to
curriculumatthecrossroads/storye6frg6zo
rebeccaschofield@live.com.au
1225936206830
Website; http://vadea.org.au/wordpress/
THE AUSTRALIAN, 8 October 2010 Blog; http://vadea.blogspot.com/
Visual Arts Curriculum For Schools Omits Drawing
"Karen Maras, assistant head of education at the Twitter; https://twitter.com/VADEA_NSW
Australian Catholic University, said the national arts Facebook; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121728261192109
curriculum threatened to integrate five different
artforms into one generic arts course, repeating the
mistake made in the teaching of history and
geography.”
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationalaffairs/visual
artscurriculumforschoolsomitsdrawing/story
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