EMP700 - The Arts and the Art of Teaching
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course A559, A659, E544, E568, E734, E734D, E762, E768, E778 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per week 1 x 1-day on-campus practical experience workshop (arts-based intensive) per trimester (dates TBA) |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (synchronous) 1 x 1-day on-campus or online practical experience workshop (arts-based intensive) per trimester (dates TBA) (on-campus at Waurn Ponds) |
Content
This core unit engages pre-service teachers in practical and theoretical and research-informed studies in the Arts in primary education and the art of teaching, including building positive relationships, and managing effective and aesthetic classroom spaces. The arts engage our senses and give us ways to imagine, celebrate, communicate and challenge ways of knowing, being, doing and becoming. The art of teaching includes teacher use of voice, body, space and story. Effective classroom management includes clear instruction, routine, modelling, scaffolding for effective learning and establishing a positive, safe classroom environment. In this unit, understanding proactive classrooms is practiced through learning about and engaging in teaching the Arts areas of Visual Arts, Drama, Music, Dance and Media arts, as mandated in the Australian primary curriculum. Students in this unit will make and respond in and through different arts disciplines, reflecting critically and creatively on selected arts philosophies and arts pedagogies of relevance to professional practice. Students extend their knowledge of materials, techniques, technologies and creative processes appropriate for use in primary schools. Current curriculum-aligned, research informed, practice-led seminars will prepare students to confidently facilitate and effectively manage arts-rich learning experiences for young people that are responsive to student diversity and diverse socio-cultural learning contexts, to enrich social and emotional wellbeing, and enable young people to reach their creative and intellectual potential. Through critical reflection on teaching practice individually and with teaching colleagues, students will develop their skills as effective teachers.
Unit fee information
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