News Art
5 August 2016
91勛圖厙 will be participating in a data collection process by the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority (VCAA) to measure excellence in The Arts at Year 6. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the first ever collection of baseline data in The Arts in Victoria and the participation of students at this school will play a significant role in the development of this important target.
The Education State targets set out the Victorian Governments commitment, including that over the next ten years, more students will reach the highest levels of achievement in The Arts. This target highlights the importance of knowledge and skills in The Arts across Victoria and recognises that embedding a culture that values excellence in the arts will help Victoria achieve its goals for better learning and life outcomes for all students.
A random sample of our Year 6 students will be selected to participate in this process during Term 3. More information will be provided once students involved in the data collection process has been identified.
The Art Department would like to thank you in advance for your participation and support in this process.
MEd (Curriculum & Teaching), PGDEd, BEng (Hons)
Suffian Amin is the Head of Art at 91勛圖厙. He began his teaching career in Singapore and taught GCSE Design & Technology (D&T). Prior to his appointment at 91勛圖厙, Suffian held the position of Year Head and Subject Head at the school.
Suffian is very passionate on design education and its role in promoting critical and creative thinking in students. He was actively involved in curriculum planning and professional development of D&T educators with Ministry of Education and Nanyang Technological University (National Institute of Education) in Singapore. In 2014, Suffian wrote a chapter, The Nature of Intuition in Design in a book Disciplinary Intuitions and the Design of Learning Environment (Lim, 2014). In addition, he co-wrote a paper titled Experiential Design insights into its focus in 2011.
Suffian moved to Melbourne in 2014 in pursuit of a new challenge. He believes that education is a pivotal enabler for social mobility and that every child can learn. He is very happy to be part of the 91勛圖厙 community and looks forward to nurturing and moulding the bright and young minds in our school.
Suffian graduated with Master of Education specialising in Curriculum and Teaching, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).