Becoming a Primary Teacher with an Arts Specialisation

Course aim

To develop deep understanding of traditional, contemporary and emerging arts content and practices, their application to the curriculum and the role/s of a generalist primary school teacher with an arts curriculum specialisation.

Course content

Students will investigate the presence and creative contribution of the arts (dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts) to diverse contemporary audio-visual cultures. With a focus on visual and media arts knowledge and practices, students will audit, document and critically reflect on developing specialist arts subject content knowledge and the requirements of an inclusive primary school arts curriculum entitlement. Pedagogical approaches will focus on creative body-based learning in physical, digital and virtual spaces.

Textbook(s)

Dinham, J 2023, Delivering authentic arts education , 5th, Cengage Learning, Melbourne

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	3 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
Online (online activities)	3 hours x 12 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	3 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, ONLINE SCHEDULED CLASS
Workshop	3 hours x 12 weeks

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

Assessment

Portfolio, 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.