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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Visual Arts in Education
  • Unit Code

    AED4270
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Geoffrey William LUMMIS

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 children's 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.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed and passed 2 units from AED1240 and AED3245, or 2 units from AED1260 and AED2240

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VEA4201, AED4260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

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

Unit Content

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

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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 assignment40%
PerformancePractical performance or action research project60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment40%
PerformancePractical performance or action research project60%

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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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Visual Arts in Education
  • Unit Code

    AED4270
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Geoffrey William LUMMIS

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 children's 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.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed and passed 2 units from AED1240 and AED3245, or 2 units from AED1260 and AED2240

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VEA4201, AED4260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

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

Unit Content

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

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentWritten assignment20%
PerformancePractical performance or action research project80%

Core Reading(s)

  • Dinham, J. (2020). Delivering Authentic Arts Education (4th ed.). Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1145600431
  • Dinham, J. (2019). Delivering authentic arts education 2019. Delivering authentic arts education. South Melbourne, VIC: Cengage. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1111685137

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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