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Performing Arts for Educators
Undergraduate | CUR-EDC161 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Understand the value of dance, drama and music in society alongside children’s developmental growth. Inquiry-based and praxis-led learning will encourage your creative thinking, self-expression, meaning-making and ability to convey ideas.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
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Performing Arts for Educators
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- demonstrate understanding of The Arts as cultural enterprises in terms of their significance and role in life, society and education
- apply the principles of authentic arts engagement through experiential learning in dance, drama and music education where the emphasis is on creative thinking, self-expression, meaning-making and communication of ideas
- summarise the research evidence about the ways The Arts contribute to children’s developmental growth; and promote positive outcomes for children from a diversity of backgrounds, needs and learning styles
- demonstrate a foundation of arts literacy competency for teaching through a personal investment in performing-arts praxis, reflection and appreciation
- develop presentation and communication skills through dance, drama and music to become a confident and effective performer and communicator.
- Arts as forms of praxis for exploration, creation and expression
- Why are the arts valued in education? Research and rationale
- What are authentic learning experiences in the arts? Children's developmental growth and education through arts engagement
- What is meaning-making in the arts? - Drama literacy - concepts and skills
- Narrative and self-concept. Story telling in Drama
- Drama as making and responding
- What is meant by creativity and self-expression? Music literacy - concepts and skills
- Singing and its cultural significance - song writing
- Percussion - Performing, recording and sharing your song
- Kinaesthetic knowing. Dance literacy - concepts and skills
- Dance and diversity. Critical review of a dance performance
- Choreographing, performing and reflecting
This is the first of two Arts Education subjects. It introduces The Arts Learning Area subjects of Dance, Drama and Music and positions The Arts in a cultural context. The value and role of The Arts in children’s developmental growth and education is elucidated. The centrality of inquiry-based and praxis-led learning in dance, drama and music, that emphasises creative thinking, self-expression, meaning-making and communicating ideas, is explored. Performing-arts praxis, reflection and appreciation activities provide experiential learning opportunities designed to promote personal confidence, arts literacy and presentation and communication skills in the performing arts. Within a lifelong learning framework, direct experience and personal investment in arts learning is intended to develop content knowledge (Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, Standard 2 -- know the content and how to teach it). In addition, the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority’s Curriculum Specification 1 (psychology and child development), 2 (Education and curriculum studies), 3 (early childhood pedagogies) and 4 (family and community contexts) are acknowledged.
Please note that students will be required to video their drama, music and dance performances.
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- Performance assessment (40%)
- Portfolio (60%)
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Entry requirements
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Please note that you cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed EDE306 The Performing Arts in Early Childhood Education because they are considered academically equivalent.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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