Postgraduate CUR-MTP509-2022
Teaching Arts in the Primary Years
Learn how to design and teach arts activities that reflect arts learning principles. Examine the features of safe and ethical learning environments, create enquiry-based lessons and evaluate arts teaching and learning using an improvement framework.
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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
11
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
17
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply understanding of the discipline and the Australian Curriculum to evaluating, planning and resourcing authentic arts education practices
- demonstrate a competent standard of arts literacy in the making and responding strands of the arts curriculum sufficient to implement authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences
- create an inquiry-based sequence of arts lessons in accordance with the principles and content in the Australian Curriculum: The Arts that present challenging and authentic learning opportunities for a nominated age group
- design and implement an arts learning experience appropriate for the children's school age that involves safe and ethical practices and reflects authentic arts learning principles
- evaluate arts teaching and learning through a learning advancement cycle framework
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- Nature and function of arts experiences in primary school education
- Making and Responding in the five arts subjects
- Arts pedagogies to develop diverse children’s agency as individual learners
- Planning an inquiry-based program and lesson planning
- Assessment of arts learning
- Review of learning and teaching in a continuous advancement cycle
- Partnerships and lifelong learning strategies for effective educators
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-PRI-MAS-2022
Elective
- CUR-EDU-GCE-2022
- CUR-EDU-GCE-2022
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, access to video creation and editing software.
This subject prepares pre-service teachers to teach the Arts in Primary schools through the five Arts subjects: Dance, Drama, Media arts, Music and Visual arts. It explores authentic Arts education practices and inquiry-based learning approaches. It develops Arts literacy competence in pre-service teachers and considers safe and ethical teaching and learning environments.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Portfolio of arts teaching content and resourcing and planning (60%)
- Lesson plan and video of teaching (40%)