The Visual Arts Education Crisis in Malaysia : Placement of Students into the Arts Curricular Stream at the Upper Secondary Level in Malaysian Secondary Schools

• Main Authors: Ahmad Suffian Asmawi, Ponijan, Mohamad Faizuan, Mat, Sarah Naemah, Aman Leong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ITB Journal Publisher 2019
• Subjects: N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR; NC Drawing Design Illustration
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28682/1/Ahmad%20Suffian%20Asmawi%20Bin%20Ponijan.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28682/; http://journals.itb.ac.id/index.php/jvad/index

In Malaysia, the curricular subject of visual art, especially at secondary school level, pays little attention to the aspect of artistic knowledge development. Students are assigned to the arts stream based on their Level Three assessment results, which ultimately causes problems in the visual art...