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EDX1250 Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy 1: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts

Semester 1, 2023 Online
Units : 1
School or Department : School of Education
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: UCTP or BEDU (Early Childhood) or BEDU (Primary) or BEDU (Primary + Special Ed) or BEDU (Special Ed) or BEDU (HPE Primary) or BEDU (SHPE Primary) or BECH or BGEN or BEED or BPED

Overview

Arts experiences play an important role in the development of human creativity, imagination, inquiry, aesthetic appreciation, meaning-making and cultural enrichment. The skills developed through this course will assist pre-service educators to further develop students’ cognitive thinking, imagination, and critical reflection in conceptual and practical ways through a range of viewpoints such as personal, social, cultural and historical. This is the first of two Arts courses situated in the primary program and as such provides an important foundation to develop the confidence, skills and expertise for pre-service educators to teach this key learning area.

This foundation course explores how the five arts subjects of The Australian Curriculum - The Arts: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts can be planned, taught, and experienced by a diverse range of learners. To effectively engage diverse learners in arts- based learning activities teachers must develop arts-specific knowledge including the skills and pedagogy to assist a range of learners. Through this course pre-service educators will develop understanding about the unique nature of the arts and develop their skills to encourage and guide learners to explore and represent their ideas, develop skills and techniques in a range of arts forms, share artworks through performance, presentation or display and respond to and interpret artworks. Although the five arts forms have close relationships and are often used in interrelated ways this course will also focus on their individual practices, terminology and unique contribution to society. The multiple roles of teachers including how to access specialist services such as visiting performances and teacher professional development will also be included to emphasise the importance of engaging in professional learning and with the school and wider community.

Course learning outcomes

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course in accordance with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership’s (AITSL) Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST). On successful completion of this course pre-service educators should be able to:

  1. apply knowledge and understanding of strategies to teach content of the five Arts forms and meet the learning needs of students (APST 2.1);
  2. identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement (APST 4.1);
  3. identify strategies to plan for and implement effective arts-based methods to provide curriculum learning opportunities for students (APST 3.3);
  4. demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies used in the Arts including formative and summative approaches to assess student learning (APST 5.1);
  5. access relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teaching the Arts (APST 6.2);
  6. use specialised arts expertise including research, associations and organisations, to broaden professional knowledge and practice and to enhance engagement with the arts in the school community (APST 7.4).

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. The importance of the Arts in education – different ways of knowing 15.00
2. The Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy: Dance, Drama, Music 20.00
3. The Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy: Media Arts, Visual Arts 20.00
4. Planning for and assessing in the Arts 30.00
5. Professional learning and engagement with the Arts in the school and wider community 15.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Dinham, J 2020, Delivering authentic arts education, 4th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Creative Portfolio No 50 1
Assignments Written Planning document No 50 1,2,3,4
Date printed 9 February 2024