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A. Pengantar Penyelenggaraan pendidikan di Australia ditangani oleh pemerintah negara bagian masingmasing atau setingkat dengan propinsi. Tingkatan pendidikan dan kurikulum dan praktik-praktik pendidikan di sekolah selalu berbeda-beda tergantung pada negara bagian yang bersangkutan. Demikian juga institusi pendidikan yang tidak dibawahi oleh Departemen Pendidikan Pemerintah cenderung berbeda dengan sekolah-sekolah negeri milik negara. Sekolah-sekolah negeri milik setingkat dengan SD disebut Public School dan sekolah menengah disebut High School. Sekolahsekolah diluar institusi pemerintah disebut Private School atau independent school. Tingkatan pendidikan di New South Wales dapat dirinci sebagai berikut: Child Care (Penitipan Anak); Pre School (Pra Sekolah); Primary School (Kindergarten - Year 6); High School (Year 7 -12); Vocational Education (Pendidikan Pelatihan); Higher / Tertiary Education (Perguruan Tinggi). Setiap anak berusia sekolah (4 - 16 tahun) di NSW diwaji...

Introduction Kids’ creativity is very spontaneous and they have a lot of potential in their future. Ken Robinson (2007), a creativity expert said we grow out off our creativity because we are educated. A child could loose their spontaneous and creativity when arts did not get emphasised in the classroom.The benefit of teaching art lessons to younger learner such as primary school students are art activates emotions and motivates children; it teaches them communication ways through visual symbols; it teaches thinking through senses; art develops their asthethic; and it stimulates their higher order thinking and enabling their problem solving ang creative thinking. Gambar: edukidstore Art activates emotions and motivates children Goleman (1995) said that a view of human nature that ignores the power of emotions is sadly shortsighted intelligence and can come to nothing when the emotions hold sway (Cited from Cornett, 2003, p. 156). Emotion and motivation cause us to take action ...