Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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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

  Secondary Drama Education

• Unit Code

  DSE6712

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  10

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Christina Claire GRAY

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Description

This unit will introduce students to drama teaching in a senior secondary context. The unit will explore some of the major practitioners and innovators in the field as well as familiarising students with Drama Courses (ATAR and General units). Through associated practical work students will develop skills in facilitating drama in the classroom incorporating the function of the teacher, classroom strategies and management, planning, programming and assessing.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed DSE6711

Equivalent Rule

Unit previously coded DSE4210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the value of drama in education by participating in practical drama workshops.
2. Identify techniques for evaluating the quality of the dramatic process in the teaching/learning environment.
3. Apply assessment criteria to evaluate student performance (practical and written).
4. Create General Drama and ATAR Drama programs using SCASA syllabus and support materials.
5. Develop a structure that supports senior secondary drama students participating, creating, expressing and reflecting in personal, social and cultural contexts.

Unit Content

1. Criteria and techniques for assessing the process and product of drama in the classroom.
2. Development of criteria for self-evaluation in the drama classroom.
3. Practical exploration of drama pedagogy.
4. SCSA directives and assessment procedures of current courses (Drama General and ATAR).
5. Translation of theoretical concepts into practice.
6. Nature and scope of drama education in senior schools.

Learning Experience

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops and seminars, 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.

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