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

    Secondary Dance Education
  • Unit Code

    DAE6712
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit is designed to further develop the students teaching skills in dance education at the upper secondary school level (years 11 and 12). A focus on preparing students for ATAR and General Dance including exam components and externally set tasks. It examines the role of various stimuli and teaching strategies in the creation of an atmosphere conducive to the development of creativity and self expression. Students will be introduced to planning and evaluation processes in dance education and the availability and utilisation of dance resources.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded DCE3102, PHE4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise and evaluate a range of dance resources.
  2. Demonstrate skill in the techniques of observing, analysing and evaluating dance choreography and performance.
  3. Describe, analyse and demonstrate various types of feedback utilised in the dance lesson.
  4. Identify and discuss socio-cultural factors which may impact on the dance education experience.
  5. Plan a dance programme suitable for a selected secondary school level.
  6. Plan, implement and evaluate dance lessons which stimulate the senses and encourage creativity and self expression.

Unit Content

  1. A study of stimuli and teaching strategies which evoke creative and expressive movement responses.
  2. Introduction to a range of dance education resources.
  3. Planning a secondary school dance education programme.
  4. Preparing students for ATAR and General Dance including exam components and externally set tasks.
  5. Processes and strategies for assessing and evaluating student work in dance education - practical and written.
  6. Techniques for teaching improvisation in dance education.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered15 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical workshops, blackboard documents and materials, collaborative group work and discussion, professional reading, independent study, student presentations, skill based workshops, 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
AssignmentProgramming and Assessing in Dance60%
PresentationMicro-teaching40%

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

    Secondary Dance Education
  • Unit Code

    DAE6712
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit is designed to further develop the students teaching skills in dance education at the upper secondary school level (years 11 and 12). A focus on preparing students for ATAR and General Dance including exam components and externally set tasks. It examines the role of various stimuli and teaching strategies in the creation of an atmosphere conducive to the development of creativity and self expression. Students will be introduced to planning and evaluation processes in dance education and the availability and utilisation of dance resources.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded DCE3102, PHE4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise and evaluate a range of dance resources.
  2. Demonstrate skill in the techniques of observing, analysing and evaluating dance choreography and performance.
  3. Describe, analyse and demonstrate various types of feedback utilised in the dance lesson.
  4. Identify and discuss socio-cultural factors which may impact on the dance education experience.
  5. Plan a dance programme suitable for a selected secondary school level.
  6. Plan, implement and evaluate dance lessons which stimulate the senses and encourage creativity and self expression.

Unit Content

  1. A study of stimuli and teaching strategies which evoke creative and expressive movement responses.
  2. Introduction to a range of dance education resources.
  3. Planning a secondary school dance education programme.
  4. Preparing students for ATAR and General Dance including exam components and externally set tasks.
  5. Processes and strategies for assessing and evaluating student work in dance education - practical and written.
  6. Techniques for teaching improvisation in dance education.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered15 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical workshops, blackboard documents and materials, collaborative group work and discussion, professional reading, independent study, student presentations, skill based workshops, 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
AssignmentProgramming and Assessing in Dance60%
PresentationMicro-teaching40%

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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