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

    Dance Styles 1
  • Unit Code

    DAE1018
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit addresses at a basic level the technical, expressive and performance skills required in modern dance. It is designed to demonstrate the development and progression of skills from beginner through to accomplished year 12 student.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PAM1018

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of techniques in areas of movement and dance.
  2. Demonstrate competence in the techniques required to prepare the body for rehearsal and performance.
  3. Perform at a simple level in the dance forms studied.

Unit Content

  1. Choreograph a modern dance routine appropriate for specific age groups and abilities.
  2. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of techniques in modern dance.
  3. Demonstrate safe dance practices within the genre of modern dance.
  4. Design a modern dance class for a specific age group.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, seminars, video analysis, performance analysis, research and discussions, blackboard documents and materials; collaborative group work and discussion, professional reading, independent study, student presentations, use of multi-media technology.

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
ExerciseTechnique Class50%
PerformanceChoreography and Performance 50%

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.

  • Unit Title

    Dance Styles 1
  • Unit Code

    DAE1018
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit addresses at a basic level the technical, expressive and performance skills required in modern dance. It is designed to demonstrate the development and progression of skills from beginner through to accomplished year 12 student.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PAM1018

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of techniques in areas of movement and dance.
  2. Demonstrate competence in the techniques required to prepare the body for rehearsal and performance.
  3. Perform at a simple level in the dance forms studied.

Unit Content

  1. Choreograph a modern dance routine appropriate for specific age groups and abilities.
  2. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of techniques in modern dance.
  3. Demonstrate safe dance practices within the genre of modern dance.
  4. Design a modern dance class for a specific age group.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, seminars, video analysis, performance analysis, research and discussions, blackboard documents and materials; collaborative group work and discussion, professional reading, independent study, student presentations, use of multi-media technology.

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
ExerciseTechnique Class50%
PerformanceChoreography and Performance 50%

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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