Australian Curriculum: The Arts
April 2013
Australian Curriculum: The Arts
The Melbourne Declaration identifies eight
learning areas including:
The Arts (performing and visual)
Curriculum development phases
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
English
Geography
Health and
Physical
Education
Mathematics
Languages
Technologies
The Arts
Economics and
Business, Civics
and Citizenship
Science
History
Consultation timeline
September 2012
July-August 2012
DEC consultation
on draft curriculum.
Focus groups
video conferences.
July 2012
Draft of Australian
Curriculum: The
Arts F-10 available
for consultation
ACARA
consultation
concludes 23
September
May 2013
ACARA plans to
publish the
Australian
Curriculum: The
Arts
Development process for Phase 1 subjects
Australian curriculum
NSW syllabus development
Implementation
Implementation
• NSW has made no commitment to implementation of the Australian
Curriculum for arts subjects.
• The Board of Studies will follow its regular cycle of curriculum
evaluation and review which will identify priorities for curriculum
renewal. When a current syllabus or learning area is identified for
renewal the Board will take the opportunity to incorporate Australian
curriculum content.
• In all cases, all schools are required to implement current approved
NSW Syllabuses until otherwise advised by the Board.
Organisation of the Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum: The Arts
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is being developed for F-10
is described in bands of year levels not Stages
has content descriptions not outcomes
has content elaborations not ‘learn to’ and ‘learn about’.
Organisation of the Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum: The Arts comprises five subjects:
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Dance
Drama
Media Arts
Music
Visual Arts.
Organisation of the Australian Curriculum
Each subject is presented through two interrelated strands:
• Making – using processes, techniques, knowledge and skills to
make art works
• Responding – exploring, responding to, analysing and interpreting
art works.
Organisation of the Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum: The Arts proposes:
• F-6
opportunities to learn in five Arts subjects
• Years 7-8
opportunities to learn in one or more Arts subjects
• Years 9-10
opportunities to specialise in one or more Arts subjects.
Organisation of the Australian Curriculum
Mandatory hours
The draft curriculum does not specify hours for each Arts subject.
Time allocations will be determined by the relevant education
authorities in each state or territory.
General capabilities
Information and
communication
technology (ICT)
competence
Critical and creative
thinking
Ethical behaviour
Literacy
Intercultural
understanding
Numeracy
Personal and social
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
Sustainability
Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music, Visual Arts
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Rationale
Aims
Learning in…
Band descriptions
Content descriptions
specifying what teachers are expected to teach (mandatory)
• Elaborations
examples that illustrate each content description (non-mandatory)
• Achievement standards
statements of the learning typically expected of students for that band.
Department of Education and Communities
ACARA
Board of Studies NSW
Contact details
Margaret Bradley
Creative Arts Advisor
Early Learning and Primary Education – Learning and Leadership
e: margaret.bradley@det.nsw.edu.au
Rach Kirsten
Creative Arts Advisor
Secondary Education – Learning and Leadership
e: rach.kirsten@det.nsw.edu.au
Department of Education and Communities
Level 3, Oxford Street
DARLINGHURST NSW 2010