Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to record Visual Arts education in Western Australia (WA) as it underwent significant change between 1967 and 1987, in administration, policy, curriculum and professional development. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative inquiry approach was utilized to produce a collective recount of primary Visual Arts teacher education, based on 17 interviews with significant advocates and contributors to WA Visual Arts education during the aforementioned period. Findings – This paper underscores the history of the role of Western Australian Superintendents of Art and Crafts and the emergence of Visual Arts specialist teachers in primary schools, from the successful establishment of a specialist secondary Visual Arts program at Applecross Senior High School, to the mentoring of generalist primary teachers into a specialist role, as well as the development and implementation of a new Kindergarten through to Year 7 Art and Crafts Syllabus. It also discusses the disestablishment...

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西澳大利亚州工艺美术总监对k-12年视觉艺术教育的倡导

目的–本文的目的是记录西澳大利亚州的视觉艺术教育，因为它在1967年至1987年之间经历了行政，政策，课程和专业发展方面的重大变化。设计/方法/方法-在上述期间，对WA视觉艺术教育的重要倡导者和贡献者进行了17次访谈，然后采用叙事探究方法对初级视觉艺术教师教育进行了集体叙述。调查结果–本文着重阐述了西澳大利亚州工艺美术总监的作用历史，以及在Applecross高中成功建立了中学视觉艺术专业计划后，小学视觉艺术专业教师的出现，指导通才小学教师担任专家角色，以及开发和实施新的幼儿园，直至7年级美术和手工艺品课程。它还讨论了解构...