First we see: the national review of visual education

This is the report of a two-year review of Australia\u27s visual education that examined existing programs and good practice from across the education system and outlined a framework for the future of visual education and four key recommendations. The four key recommendations of the review are: ? The centrality of visuacy for all Australian students ? visuacy as a democratic visual education concept be recognised as a core skill area and that a visual education curriculum separated from the performing arts and incorporating visuacy as a primary goal be developed for each of the compulsory years of schooling. ? Preparing teachers ? appropriate pre-service training and ongoing professional learning opportunities in visual education be instituted for (a) visual education specialist secondary teachers and (b) generalist primary teachers. ? The potential of partnerships ? the potential of partnerships between schools and appropriate external agencies/organisations to contribute to visual education be explored and a programme of implementation determined. ? A visual education research agenda ? a national visual education research agenda be developed along with an implementation plan and staged timeline