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

    Arts as an Active Experience: Visual Art Education Focus
  • Unit Code

    AED4260
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This is one of three interconnected units providing a grounding in the expressive arts for student teachers who wish to strengthen this area of competency in their degree. In this unit, students will work from a practical visual arts focus to develop confidence, understanding and skill in this aspect of expressive arts. At the same time, they will examine the importance of the arts in childrens lives and education, the nature of authentic learning and reflective practice, advocacy, forms of presentation and integration of the arts. Current research, theory and resources, including IT will support this work. The final module of the unit is common to the three expressive arts units, allowing for one project across the units, or three separate projects, that are integrating and/or group and/or school-based.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VEA4201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate the teacher's responsibilities in terms of authentic learning opportunities, presentation of the arts and arts education advocacy.
  2. Appreciate the way research, technology and society influence visual arts education.
  3. Collaborate in an interconnected arts experience.
  4. Comprehend the nature of authentic learning and reflective practice in visual arts.
  5. Demonstrate a range of visual arts competencies.
  6. Understand the role and value of visual arts in children's lives and education.

Unit Content

  1. Creating healthy, safe, practical and stimulating work environments.
  2. Critical examination of visual arts education theory and methodology used in early childhood education.
  3. Integrated approaches to the arts.
  4. Practical visual arts experiences to develop material and formal competencies.
  5. Presentation and promotion of the arts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshop-based or negotiated action research school-based work. Collaborative learning processes. Practical performance.

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
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment20%
PerformancePractical performance or action research project80%

Text References

  • ^ To be advised by the lecturer.
  • Althouse, R., Johnson, M.T., & Mitchell, S.T. (2003). The colours of learning: Integrating the visual arts into the early childhood curriculum. Washington: NAEYC.
  • Stoikovich, V., & Zanetich, M. (2000). A step-by-step guide to visual arts for teachers. (7th ed.). Toongabbie, NSW: Holding Educational Aids.
  • Schirrmacher, R. (2002). Art and creative development for young children. New York: Delmar.
  • Wright, S. (2003). Children, meaning-making and the arts. USA: Pearson Education, Prentice-Hall.
  • Bresler, L., & Marme Thompson, C. (Eds.). (2002). The arts in children's lives. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Hurwitz, A., & Day, D. (2001). Children and their art: Methods for the elementary school. California: Wadsworth Group.

Website References

Other References

  • Museums of the world for kids: the Louvre Museum [CD]. (1996). Irvington N.Y: Voyager. Note: CD ROM

^ 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.

AED4260|1|1

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

    Arts as an Active Experience: Visual Art Education Focus
  • Unit Code

    AED4260
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This is one of three interconnected units providing a grounding in the expressive arts for student teachers who wish to strengthen this area of competency in their degree. In this unit, students will work from a practical visual arts focus to develop confidence, understanding and skill in this aspect of expressive arts. At the same time, they will examine the importance of the arts in childrens lives and education, the nature of authentic learning and reflective practice, advocacy, forms of presentation and integration of the arts. Current research, theory and resources, including IT will support this work. The final module of the unit is common to the three expressive arts units, allowing for one project across the units, or three separate projects, that are integrating and/or group and/or school-based.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VEA4201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate the teacher's responsibilities in terms of authentic learning opportunities, presentation of the arts and arts education advocacy.
  2. Appreciate the way research, technology and society influence visual arts education.
  3. Collaborate in an interconnected arts experience.
  4. Comprehend the nature of authentic learning and reflective practice in visual arts.
  5. Demonstrate a range of visual arts competencies.
  6. Understand the role and value of visual arts in children's lives and education.

Unit Content

  1. Creating healthy, safe, practical and stimulating work environments.
  2. Critical examination of visual arts education theory and methodology used in early childhood education.
  3. Integrated approaches to the arts.
  4. Practical visual arts experiences to develop material and formal competencies.
  5. Presentation and promotion of the arts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshop-based or negotiated action research school-based work. Collaborative learning processes. Practical performance.

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
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment20%
PerformancePractical performance or action research project80%

Text References

  • ^ To be advised by the lecturer.
  • Althouse, R., Johnson, M.T., & Mitchell, S.T. (2003). The colours of learning: Integrating the visual arts into the early childhood curriculum. Washington: NAEYC.
  • Stoikovich, V., & Zanetich, M. (2000). A step-by-step guide to visual arts for teachers. (7th ed.). Toongabbie, NSW: Holding Educational Aids.
  • Schirrmacher, R. (2002). Art and creative development for young children. New York: Delmar.
  • Wright, S. (2003). Children, meaning-making and the arts. USA: Pearson Education, Prentice-Hall.
  • Bresler, L., & Marme Thompson, C. (Eds.). (2002). The arts in children's lives. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Hurwitz, A., & Day, D. (2001). Children and their art: Methods for the elementary school. California: Wadsworth Group.

Website References

Other References

  • Museums of the world for kids: the Louvre Museum [CD]. (1996). Irvington N.Y: Voyager. Note: CD ROM

^ 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.

AED4260|1|2