Arts Education: Introduction for Primary and Middle Years Schooling

Course aim

To develop students’ understandings and experiences of arts as an essential form of communication and as an educational process and introduce them to the concepts and methods of teaching in and through the arts with a focus on primary and middle years’ development (Years 3-9).

Course content

Introduction to specialist methodologies and issues in arts-based learning; exploration of a variety of social and cultural contexts in which the arts are created and performed; multiliteracies in the arts; experience of a variety of arts processes; experience of different approaches to arts analysis and response including written, practical and performance-based methods; planning for arts learning; assessment in the arts; researching, collecting, making, and annotating teaching resources; cultural diversity in the arts.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	5.5 hours x 2 days
Workshop	3 hours x 7 days
Tutorial	1 hour x 7 days

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

Assessment

Analytical and interpretative review, performing arts group lesson/unit plan, Visual arts lesson/unit plan including teaching resource(s)

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.