Postgraduate CUR-MTS506-2021

Curriculum and Instruction Lower Secondary: The Arts

Get prepared to teach the arts in lower secondary school. Draw on your artistic instruction skills to create a positive learning impact. Get critical and reflect on local, national and international research. Assess the merit of resources and technologies.

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

establish critical and reflective practice in Lower Secondary The Arts based on local, national and international research
evaluate teaching strategies that support and enhance students’ literacy and numeracy development
appraise a range of resources, including technologies, and make appropriate selections to inform Lower Secondary The Arts teaching programs
integrate knowledge of the needs of students from diverse backgrounds and across the full range of abilities to develop differentiated teaching and learning experiences that support and challenge all students in Lower Secondary The Arts
apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan, deliver and evaluate teaching and learning experiences with demonstrated impact in Lower Secondary The Arts.

Topics covered

- Unit introduction & curriculum overview of The Arts learning area
- Framing The Arts Teacher Identity - lesson planning & microteaching
- Cognition in The Arts - mapping the learning journey across phases of schooling
- Evolving concepts of good teaching & programming principles - discrete disciplinary approaches, interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary approaches
- National Curriculum (The Arts) - Arts Making Thread/strands
- National Curriculum (Arts), (Responses; Arts in Society), Critical Response Frameworks
- Devising Task Briefs: Part A - writing conventions & discipline specific considerations
- Devising Task Briefs: Part B - writing conventions & discipline specific considerations
- Assessment principles & assessment criteria
- Assessment Processes - writing rubrics & marking keys
- Making judgements - sources of evidence & moderation
- Making judgements - sources of evidence & grade allocations
- Review and Reflection

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

CUR-SEC-MAS-2021
CUR-SEC-MAS-2021

Additional requirements

Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.

Description

This subject is designed to prepare pre-service teachers to teach The Arts curriculum in Lower Secondary school. The subject will focus on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, evaluation, resources, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to The Arts in Lower Secondary Teaching and learning practices to support and challenge a diverse student cohort are explored.

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Assessments

Essay (50%)
Portfolio (50%)

Textbooks

Related degrees

Postgraduate CUR-SEC-MAS-2021

Master of Teaching Secondary Education