ECA731 - Arts Education Curriculum Study 1

Unit details

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Year2016 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Offering information:

*Dance, and Drama  not available in Cloud (online) mode.

Cohort rule:

For students enrolled in course D303, E760, E763, E763T, or E765

Unit chair:

Jenny Grenfell

Campus contact:

Dawn Joseph (Burwood (Melbourne))

Jenny Grenfell (Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online))

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

Campus: 1 x 3 hour Seminar per week

Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin.

Content

ECA731 students should note that arts discipline methodology specialisms are available for campus and Cloud (online) study strictly as follows:

• Visual Arts – available at Burwood (Melbourne) or Cloud (online)

• Music - available at Burwood (Melbourne) or Cloud (online)

• Dance – available at Burwood (Melbourne)

• Drama - available at Burwood (Melbourne)

This unit aims to engage in critical discourse and apply a range of inquiry processes in the analysis and evaluation of curriculum initiatives including AusVELS for the Arts (performing arts and visual arts) in the post primary years 7-10 of compulsory education. The unit prepares students to research and apply skills required to design, and develop lesson and unit sequences for the specialist art classroom. Students will develop critical and creative thinking skills, interpersonal communication and intercultural understanding as they analyse and reflect on performing arts and visual arts literacy arts education technologies.

Assessment

Curriculum Development 50%. Appropriate to the specific arts education area, students design, and develop lesson and unit sequences and devise a range of assessment procedures and evaluation processes. Equivalent to 2500 words.

Portfolio 50%. Appropriate to the specific arts education area, portfolio submissions with ICT based teaching and learning presentations. Equivalent to 2500 words.

Unit Fee Information

If you are:

Domestic

  • in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) - refer to Unit based calculation below.
  • an undergraduate full fee paying student - refer to Unit based calculation below.
  • postgraduate full fee paying students commenced before 2016 - refer to Unit based calculation below.
  • postgraduate full fee paying students commencing in 2016 - refer to Course based calculation below.
  • a non-award student - refer to Unit based calculation below.

International

  • an undergraduate, postgraduate or Higher Degree by Research student commenced before 2016 - refer to Unit based calculation below.
  • an undergraduate, postgraduate or Higher Degree by Research student commencing in 2016 - refer to Course based calculation below.
  • a non-award student - refer to Unit based calculation below.

Course based calculation

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Unit based calculation

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Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$782$625$2137$2776

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.