Curriculum review lacks artistic eye

A review of the Australian school curriculum recommends a major overhaul of arts education but does the arts sector agree?
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An Abbott Government-commissioned review of the national curriculum has made major recommendations of changes to arts education, in a list of revisions many in the arts education sector are calling anti-arts, reducing compulsory arts content.

Julie Dyson, Chair of the National Advocates for Arts Education(NAAE) said that the review was commissioned before the five arts subjects had time to be tried and tested in classes, also accusing the review of being filled with inaccuracies and facts not grounded in research.

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