Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
The Arts in Education 2Unit Code
AED3240Year
2015Enrolment Period
1Version
3Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
Students will continue to engage with teaching and learning through the Arts. This second unit further develops the concepts introduced in the first unit and offers further opportunities for experiencing how significant issues can be explored through a repertoire of Arts learning processes, techniques and languages. Students will develop frameworks for critical and creative thinking through the implementation of key arts processes. Students will further enhance their understanding of a range of art forms which may include drama, visual arts and music and how the techniques and processes relevant to each are a significant component of education.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded AED3106
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Communicate in oral and written forms an understanding of the Arts as an inter-cultural process.
- Critical reflection of own work and work of others.
- Demonstrate how the Arts inform contemporary learning processes to create, convey and contextualise meaning.
- Demonstrate how the Arts offer unique ways of thinking, exploring and communicating.
- Demonstrate skills, techniques and processes which enable exploration of all areas of the curriculum.
- Further deepen and develop aesthetic understandings.
- Use structures that support children participating, creating, expressing and reflecting in a personal, social and cultural context.
- Use the Arts as a means to engage learners in problem solving and to develop appreciation of multiple perspectives.
Unit Content
- Arts in education through the processes of: expressing; creating, exploring and developing ideas; using skills techniques, technologies and processes; responding and reflecting; using arts criticism; linking the role of arts to society.
- ICT skills in presenting.
- The Arts Curriculum Frameworks and supporting documents.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Students will participate in lectures, tutorials and workshops with a strong emphasis on the practical application of knowledge, skills and understandings. Group collaboration and discussion. Written assignment.
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.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Assignment and Presentation | 50% |
| Assignment | Assignment and Presentation | 50% |
Text References
- ^ Poston-Anderson, B. (2012). Drama: Learning connections in primary schools. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., & O'Toole, J. (Ed.). (2012). Education in the arts: Principles and practices for teaching. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Hurwitz, A., & Day, M. (2007). Children and their art: Methods for the elementary school. (8th ed.). Australia: Thomson Wadsworth.
- Isbell, R. T., & Raines, S. C. (2007). Creativity and the arts with young children. Australia: Thomson Delmar Learning.
- Noonan, S. (2002). Enjoying music outcomes. Perth: Rossendale Press.
- Gelineau, R. P. (2004). Integrating the arts across the elementary curriculum. Victoria: Thomson Wadsworth.
- Baldwin, P. (2004). With drama in mind. Stafford: Network Education Press.
- Noonan, S. (2005). Hand on music outcomes. Perth: Rossendale Press.
- Winston, J., & Tandy, M. (2001). Beginning drama 4-11. (2nd ed.). London: David Fulton Publishers.
- O'Toole, J., & Dunn, J. (2002). Pretending to learn: Helping children learn through drama. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education.
Journal References
- Australian Art Education
- Australian Journal of Early Childhood
- Journal of Art and Design
- Journal of Learning
- Studies in Art Education
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
The Arts in Education 2Unit Code
AED3240Year
2015Enrolment Period
2Version
3Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
Students will continue to engage with teaching and learning through the Arts. This second unit further develops the concepts introduced in the first unit and offers further opportunities for experiencing how significant issues can be explored through a repertoire of Arts learning processes, techniques and languages. Students will develop frameworks for critical and creative thinking through the implementation of key arts processes. Students will further enhance their understanding of a range of art forms which may include drama, visual arts and music and how the techniques and processes relevant to each are a significant component of education.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded AED3106
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Communicate in oral and written forms an understanding of the Arts as an inter-cultural process.
- Critical reflection of own work and work of others.
- Demonstrate how the Arts inform contemporary learning processes to create, convey and contextualise meaning.
- Demonstrate how the Arts offer unique ways of thinking, exploring and communicating.
- Demonstrate skills, techniques and processes which enable exploration of all areas of the curriculum.
- Further deepen and develop aesthetic understandings.
- Use structures that support children participating, creating, expressing and reflecting in a personal, social and cultural context.
- Use the Arts as a means to engage learners in problem solving and to develop appreciation of multiple perspectives.
Unit Content
- Arts in education through the processes of: expressing; creating, exploring and developing ideas; using skills techniques, technologies and processes; responding and reflecting; using arts criticism; linking the role of arts to society.
- ICT skills in presenting.
- The Arts Curriculum Frameworks and supporting documents.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Students will participate in lectures, tutorials and workshops with a strong emphasis on the practical application of knowledge, skills and understandings. Group collaboration and discussion. Written assignment.
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.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Assignment and Presentation | 50% |
| Assignment | Assignment and Presentation | 50% |
Text References
- ^ Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., & O'Toole, J. (Ed.). (2012). Education in the arts: Principles and practices for teaching. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Poston-Anderson, B. (2012). Drama: Learning connections in primary schools. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Gelineau, R. P. (2004). Integrating the arts across the elementary curriculum. Victoria: Thomson Wadsworth.
- Hurwitz, A., & Day, M. (2007). Children and their art: Methods for the elementary school. (8th ed.). Australia: Thomson Wadsworth.
- Isbell, R. T., & Raines, S. C. (2007). Creativity and the arts with young children. Australia: Thomson Delmar Learning.
- Baldwin, P. (2004). With drama in mind. Stafford: Network Education Press.
- Noonan, S. (2002). Enjoying music outcomes. Perth: Rossendale Press.
- Noonan, S. (2005). Hand on music outcomes. Perth: Rossendale Press.
- Winston, J., & Tandy, M. (2001). Beginning drama 4-11. (2nd ed.). London: David Fulton Publishers.
- O'Toole, J., & Dunn, J. (2002). Pretending to learn: Helping children learn through drama. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education.
Journal References
- Australian Art Education
- Australian Journal of Early Childhood
- Journal of Art and Design
- Journal of Learning
- Studies in Art Education
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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