Kids Art:Cutting And Sticking!

 after deciding on my target audience i decided to look into how art is taught in schools, i found many books about the education process and the curriculum for primary education however this one was the most helpful, it explains that art is not a core subject, which i believe it should be but also it tells how children are basically taught to cut and stick and explore their creativity, although i think this is great they arnt actually taught much about art history or art movements which i think is quite a shock to the system when u reach secondary school, from my memory of primary school i dont remember really being told much about any art movements or history ok so we had the usual  brief bit about van gogh and the endless colouring of sunflowers but i think i believed he was the only artist ever by the time i was 11 maybe children should be told a little more about art whilst young as somehow when you reach secondary school you sre thrown into this world where you are expected to know artists to resesrch for your artwork or you are expected to know something at least about art movements and theres me sat there thinking van gogh van gogh 

and vangogh i wonder if any other people thought this? haha! i also noticed in the book its says ways to help at home ok so all subjects are expected to be aided by help at home but i feel it is more relied on with art are parents really expected to teach their children everything about art movements?? ok i can feel myself ranting now but this is why i feel this is a good topic to look into as it is something i am really passionate about i love traditional art and i would like to see kids learning about it rather than cutting and sticking thats stuffs great but the history can be made interesrting too!