Arts Education Discipline Group
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The presently-constitued Arts Education Teaching and Research Group within the School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Education includes members of the former Arts in Education Faculty Research Group which was formed
in 2003. The present Arts Education Teaching and Research Group reflects the aims of the former FRG in promoting the need to research
the role that the arts play in students' intellectual, physical, social and personal development,
expanding student's awareness of cultural contexts and inclusiveness,
and catering for areas of disadvantage and disability in education across
all curricula.
Deakin University has the widest spread of expertise across
the field of arts education of any Victorian university. The members of
Arts Education Teaching and Research Group at Deakin University represent the visual arts,
media, music, dance and drama.
As well as maintaining high standards in teaching and in the development of innovative forms of learning media in pre-service and continuing teacher education in The Arts, the Arts Education Teaching and Learning Group aims to support research
in the teaching and learning of The Arts. The Group's
research areas incorporate research across primary, secondary and tertiary
levels, and focus on individual arts disciplines as well as arts integration.
Research projects undertaken by members of the Group have included:
- Patterns of Drama Teaching in Ten Primary Classrooms
- The
Utilisation of Quality Literature within Early Years Programs
- Using African
music for teaching the elements of music and for cross-cultural learning
in teacher education
- The development of the "Deakin Arts Education Centre in Second
Life" which was funded through a 2007 Strategic Teaching and Learning Grant.
