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Synergy and serendipity

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05 March 2009As Australia inches towards a national curriculum in English, maths, history and science, arts education is put in the too-hard box. The arts may be increasingly important, but the challenge of designing a curriculum that covers the visual and performing arts, music and screen at varying levels of skill and analysis is daunting. A patchwork of different approaches has evolved in Australia - some world leading. A national curriculum needs to draw on the best, and find a way to navigate the jealously protected differences between states.

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