Arts in Early Childhood

Course aim

To enable students to provide arts curriculum, including visual art, music, drama, dance and media, for children from Birth to 8 years and to critically reflect on the nature of the arts in early childhood.

Course content

Assumed knowledge: The ability to meet the following objectives: read musical notation in the treble clef; and reproduce simple tunes from musical notation using a melodic instrument. Students who are unable to meet these requirements to the satisfaction of the course coordinator will need to undertake an appropriate course of study.
Principles and processes of teaching and learning in the arts; children’s development in the arts; children’s cognitive competence in relation to the arts; arts materials and resources; multiliteracies in the arts; arts curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation; diversity in the arts in Australia; educational issues relating to the arts.

Textbook(s)

Wright, S 2012, Children, meaning-making and the arts, 2nd edition, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Curriculum project, Digital multimodal presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.