Lifelong learning

Publication Date

11-1996

Subjects

Art education, Competence, Competency based assessment, Competency based education, Secondary school teachers, Teacher attitudes, Upper secondary years

Abstract

This report Is the major outcome of the project Evaluating the Key Competencies In the Arts conducted by the National Affiliation of Arts Educators (NAAE) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA). The report uses the voices of arts teachers to show how the key competencies may have a generic function across the five arts areas and to explain how the construct of 'competency' makes sense In the arts field. Information on the use of the Mayer key competencies was collected from teachers in each of five art forms (dance, drama, media music and visual art) and reflects the discrete nature of arts practice in these disciplines. Common threads that emerged from this information contributed to an overview of the competencies in the arts as a whole. Not surprisingly, the commonalities are similar to those characteristics that identify the arts as a key learning area. These features underpin the structure of contemporary arts curriculum in schools as exemplified in the Arts Statement and Profile.

Publisher

National Affiliation of Arts Educators (NAAE) and Australian Council for Educational Research for DEETYA

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