MORE REALISTIC SYLLABUS VIEW

Here is an article by Joanna Mendelssohn, giving a background to the current Visual Arts syllabus and noting how the synergy between a number of people and events has given us the rich and versatile document we work with today.

Over the past three decades, the teaching of visual arts in New South Wales has diverged from the rest of the country to become an international leader in linking cognitive development to visual understanding.

Joanna Mendelssohn
PhD BA(Hons) Syd., DipEd SCAE

Associate Professor; MArtAdmin Coordinator
COFA University of NSW

Joanna Mendelssohn is actively involved in researching content for the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online while also completing the writing of a book on Australian artists, Richard and Pat Larter and the Larter exhibition catalogue for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Sydney Australia.
Bio from COFA website

This is how I like to think of the VA syllabus - your thoughts??