Curriculum reviewers say it has been cobbled together to placate lobby groups from the different artistic sectors. Photo: Michele Mossop The national arts curriculum is banal, bloated and demonstrates a disturbing ignorance about the Asian and indigenous cultures it is supposed to promote, experts say. The Abbott government's curriculum reviewers, Kevin Donnelly and Kenneth Wiltshire, argue that the arts curriculum has been cobbled together to placate lobby groups from the different artistic sectors and needs to be slimmed down. Students should spend more time understanding great works of art rather than creating their own...
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