ECP711 - Creativity and the Arts

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Merinda Kelly
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:E764
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

In Person Attendance Requirements
Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend classes or scheduled synchronous sessions during the placement.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 5-hour scheduled face-to-face embodied arts seminar is held during non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 4-6 seminars scheduled per trimester, i.e., 25 hours). Time engaging in embodied arts making and responding experiences is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, independent study and assignment preparation.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2-hour online seminar per non-placement teaching weeks. (approx. 4-6 seminars scheduled, i.e., 11 hours) Students are also expected to engage in at least 6 hours of independent study per week, including engaging with online modules, readings, arts based making and responding experiences and engaging in discussion forums and assignment preparation.

Content

This unit engages students in practical and theoretical studies based on learning in and through the Arts disciplines of visual arts, drama, music, dance and media arts, as mandated in the Australian primary curriculum. Students make and respond in and through different arts disciplines, reflecting critically and creatively on selected arts-based methodologies, pedagogies and philosophies of relevance to professional practice. Students extend their knowledge of materials, techniques, technologies and creative processes appropriate for use in schools and other situations of learning. Current curriculum-aligned, practice-led seminars will prepare students to confidently facilitate arts-rich learning experiences for young people that are responsive to diverse socio-cultural learning contexts.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Critically analyse Arts based frameworks, theories and pedagogies for teaching in and through the Arts across the curriculum to devise advocacy strategies to support active student participation in the Arts

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Justify pedagogical approaches and theoretical underpinnings for an Arts based curriculum aligned learning sequence

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Design a sequence of creative, multi-modal, and differentiated learning experiences that includes the selection of resources (from diverse socio-cultural contexts including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures) that scaffold and build breadth and depth for all learners

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Arts Education position paper 2000  words or equivalent 40% Week 7
Assessment 2 - Arts Education Curriculum Resource E-portfolio or Website 3000 words or equivalent 60% Week 11

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 the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECP711
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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