Stephen Sewell, National Institute of Dramatic Art The debate about culture in Australia typically follows a familiar pattern: a commentator laments declining cultural standards...
Policy
Creativity and Arts Education Petition UNESCO
The member states of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, are meeting over the next couple of weeks at the General...
Assessment Rubrics In Drama
Six years ago I threw away all assessment rubrics for every task at all years levels of drama at my school. Radical. Every teacher...
Revised Draft Australian Curriculum: The Arts
Just published is the official Revised Draft of The Arts in the Australian Curriculum for Years F-10 (Foundation to Year 10). Last year the...
Drama Studies Offer Skills For Life
The last two nights I have had parent-teacher interviews at my school and nearly every interview concerning students in my junior classes focused on what wasn’t...
VCE Drama and Theatre Studies Enrolments 2005-2011
For teachers in Victoria, Australia, here’s the enrolment numbers of students in the various units of VCE Drama and Theatre Studies over the past...