The NAAE has been campaigning for seven years on behalf of arts educators across the country. The Arts were not initially included in the national curriculum at all, but now they include all five art forms: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and the Visual Arts.
Read MoreBasic literacy, numeracy and scientific concepts are introduced through music, movement and visual arts making. Social skills, important for tolerance, understanding and celebration of diversity, are developed through arts experiences such as dramatic play, singing and dancing.
Read MoreA submission to the federal Committee for the Review of Teaching and Teacher Education in response to the discussion paper Young People, Schools and Innovation: towards an action plan for the school sector (March 2003). The submission focuses on the deficiencies in teacher education in the arts, making it as relevant today as in 2003.
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