ECA733 - Arts Education Critical Inquiry
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Dawn Joseph |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D303, E760, E763, E765 |
| Prerequisite: | D303 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60% Students enrolled in course E763 or E765 must complete unit EEE754, plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-9 weeks) |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks - approx. 9-11 weeks) Approximately 6-hours of online learning tasks per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Dance and Drama not available in online mode Please note: Media students should be enrolled in ECA735. Media is not a double arts method | |
Content
This unit aims to provide students with opportunities to enhance and enrich knowledge, skills and strategic approaches to learning and teaching in their selected specialist discipline (Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts and/or visual communication design). Students undertake individual and collaborative explorations and exercises to navigate areas of high relevance to creative arts education, and the application of the arts for learning. Digital technologies, methodologies and creative pedagogies are applied and tested within diverse educational, social and cultural contexts. Students have agency in negotiating an assessment project of relevance to their specific learning interests and aspirations. This unit also lays the foundations for future research-based projects of relevance to each student's chosen specialisation. ECA733 students should note that arts discipline methodology specialisations are available for campus and Online study strictly as follows:
- visual arts and/or visual communication design - available at Burwood (Melbourne) or Online
- music - available at Burwood (Melbourne) or Online
- dance - available at Burwood (Melbourne)
- drama - available at Burwood (Melbourne)
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply and synthesize arts discipline specific knowledge and skills, critically reflecting on teaching and learning pedagogies unique to each art form | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO2 | Interpret and adapt arts discipline specific content, and teaching and learning strategies to suit diverse needs and interests of students both in and beyond physical classroom contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Engage in critical reflection, examining discipline specific best practice exemplars to explore, enhance and enrich arts teaching and learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Critically analyse and creatively develop discipline specific strategies that could be used to generate ideas and learning experiences both in and through the arts discipline inquiry process | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 – Project of relevance to arts teaching and learning in discipline specific area | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 – Portfolio of relevance to arts teaching and learning in discipline specific area | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ECA733 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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