ECP711 - Creativity and the Arts
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: Merinda Kelly |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | E764 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 5-hour on-campus practical experience (seminar) per trimester (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 4-6 weeks) |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 4-6 weeks) Approximately 2-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. |
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.
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 | 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 ECP711 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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