Arts Education 1

Course aim

To develop students' understandings and experiences of arts as an essential educational process and introduce them to the concepts and methods of teaching in and through the arts with a focus on middle and secondary years’ development (Years 6-12).

Course content

The students will be introduced to arts-based learning, specialist methodologies and issues, the nature of learning in and through the arts, exploration of diverse arts skills and knowledge, a variety of social and cultural contexts in which the arts are created and performed, the value of arts in society and in the lives of individuals and the role of the arts in an integrated curriculum, arts pedagogy and strategies for planning effective learning in and through the arts appropriate to different age groups and in the context of a curriculum framework. Students will undertake a critical and reflective engagement with contemporary arts pedagogy, consideration of the language of the arts and their functions as forms of communication and expression, individual and group planning tasks, the collection, creation, critical evaluation and annotation of teaching resources, reflective journal writing and the development of skills in presenting and demonstrating in the arts classroom.

Textbook(s)

DECS 2005, SACSA extract: arts resources for arts teachers R-12, DECS

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

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

Assessment

Demonstration, Teaching Resource Folio, Unit Plan

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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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.