Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  Drama Arts in Early Childhood Education

• Unit Code

  AED1240

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

This unit is an introduction to drama learning in the early childhood setting. Students will explore the use of drama as a vehicle for physical, intellectual, social and emotional development in children. Opportunities for students to develop their own drama knowledge and skills will be provided through practical workshops and the use of ICT. The relationship between motivation and management and knowledge of arts practice will also be explored through the drama process.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded DSE1110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply drama skills and processes to foster physical, intellectual, social and emotional development in young children.
2. Collaboratively plan and implement drama programs for the early childhood phase of learning incorporating relevant technologies as appropriate.
3. Develop a structure which supports young children in participating, creating, expressing and reflecting on personal, social and cultural experiences.
4. Engage and motivate children in early childhood contexts using drama.
5. Identify the use of drama as an expressive learning process to create, convey and contextualise meaning.
6. Reflect on drama processes to facilitate creativity in young children.
7. Use appropriate ICT to produce digital representations of drama work.

Unit Content

1. Creative Drama, Role Play, Story, Movement and Mime.
2. Drama as a psycho-social process for all children.
3. Drama as an expressive and collaborative learning process: creating, conveying and contextualising meaning.
4. Linking drama pedagogy with relevant technologies.
5. Planning for drama in early childhood settings.
6. Real and fictional situations through Dramatic Play.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Workshops. Collaborative group work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• Baldwin, P. (2004). With drama in mind. Stafford: Network Education Press.
• Brown, V., & Pleydell, S. (1999). The dramatic difference: Drama in the preschool and kindergarten classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Crooks, M. (2003). Ballyhoo and pink fandango: Drama and dance for juniors. Invercargill, NZ: Essential Resources Educational Publishers.
• Dinham, J. (2010). Delivering authentic arts education. Victoria, Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Greenwood, J. (2005). Playing with the curriculum: How can drama enhance your curriculum coverage in the junior school. Invercargill, NZ: Essential Resources Educational Publishers.
• Wright, S. (Ed.). (2003). Children meaning-making and the arts. Australia: Pearson Education.
• McCaslin, N. (2000). Creative drama in the classroom and beyond. New York: Longman.
• Toye, N., & Prendiville, F. (2000). Drama and traditional story for the early years. London, New York: Routledge.
• Warren, K. (1999). Hooked on drama. (2nd ed.). Social Science Press: Katoomba.
• Winston, J., & Tandy, M. (2001). Beginning drama 4-11. (2nd ed.). London: David Fulton Publishers.
• Hertzberg, M., & Cusworth, R. (1998). Developing our imagination: Enactment and critical literacy. PETA: Marrickville.

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