Comments on: The Arts Included in Australia’s National Curriculum http://www.thedramateacher.com/the-arts-included-in-australias-national-curriculum/ Resources For Those Who Love Teaching Drama Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Trevar Chilver http://www.thedramateacher.com/the-arts-included-in-australias-national-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-7512 Trevar Chilver Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:10 +0000 http://www.thedramateacher.com/?p=963#comment-7512 It's good to see, but I think you're right to be cynical of whether they will include more than just music. I mean they pay lip service to the other arts, but don't really take them seriously. The biggest revelation of their ignorance is the continuing refusal to acknowledge the distinction between literacy and literature. While the two can be taught in tandem, outcomes and curriculum prescriptions need to be separated. These are interesting times for education, but although I think our current system is in need of major overhaul, I don't think the bureaucracy has changed enough to make the overhaul significant enough to be worthwhile. It’s good to see, but I think you’re right to be cynical of whether they will include more than just music. I mean they pay lip service to the other arts, but don’t really take them seriously.

The biggest revelation of their ignorance is the continuing refusal to acknowledge the distinction between literacy and literature. While the two can be taught in tandem, outcomes and curriculum prescriptions need to be separated.

These are interesting times for education, but although I think our current system is in need of major overhaul, I don’t think the bureaucracy has changed enough to make the overhaul significant enough to be worthwhile.

]]> By: Sam H http://www.thedramateacher.com/the-arts-included-in-australias-national-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-5873 Sam H Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:11:27 +0000 http://www.thedramateacher.com/?p=963#comment-5873 I am a Drama teacher in the NT and I think that aspects of including Drama has some flaws. When you live in place such as this(NT) you quickly become aware of the intracacies of the culture which is not Melourne or Sydeny and has very much its own particular style and influences. It is the closest place to Asia and has , at last glance , around twenty-or more indigenous languages present. This poses some difficulties to teaching Drama but also must be considered when approaching the subject. Most of what I know is very Euro -centric, which I very much enjoy, but some wholisitic understand of locale in context to arts and expression must be included within the curriculum framework . So who are the 'Great's' to inspire our students if this is the case. ... Boal? I am a Drama teacher in the NT and I think that aspects of including Drama has some flaws. When you live in place such as this(NT) you quickly become aware of the intracacies of the culture which is not Melourne or Sydeny and has very much its own particular style and influences. It is the closest place to Asia and has , at last glance , around twenty-or more indigenous languages present. This poses some difficulties to teaching Drama but also must be considered when approaching the subject. Most of what I know is very Euro -centric, which I very much enjoy, but some wholisitic understand of locale in context to arts and expression must be included within the curriculum framework .

So who are the ‘Great’s’ to inspire our students if this is the case. … Boal?

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