![]() She said the loss of specialist arts teachers at the primary school level was partly to do with budget cuts and partly to do with “an incorrect assumption that teaching the arts doesn’t require expertise and any primary school teacher can teach irrespective of what their training or expertise has been”. “So whether or not students are pursuing a career in creative fields, studying arts supports problem solving, narrative skills, confidence, self awareness, the ability to listen deeply - those sorts of skills that have value no matter what field you’re in.” “One of the things I find really interesting about this conversation - and I do have the research - is that we have an overwhelming amount of evidence that tells us that the kind of skills and capacities learned in the arts impact and has value in other fields,” she said. On top of that was the increase in fees for higher education arts and humanities courses. She said the lack of students studying art to ATAR level was likely being driven by a number of factors, including a lack of resources and fear about being able to get a relevant job. Danella Bevis Credit: Danella Bevis /The West Australian ![]() ![]() Camera Icon All Saint's College Visual Arts teacher and exhibition coordinator Louise Elscot, pictured at All Saint's College in Bull Creek.
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