Arts in Early Childhood

Course aim

To enable students to design and implement arts curriculum for children from Birth to 8 years.

Course content

Students will develop knowledge of 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, multimodal learning in the arts, arts curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation, diversity in the arts in Australia and educational issues relating to the arts.

Textbook(s)

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

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online Workshops)	3 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

Presentation, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.