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Visual and Media Arts Education

UndergraduateCUR-EDP3852024

Previously CUR-EDP263

Course information for 2024 intake View information for 2025 course intake

Develop arts literacy and capability through visual and media arts praxis and appreciation. Integrate the arts in teaching and learn how to advocate for arts learning. Create lessons that appreciate child development, curriculum and arts pedagogy.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Enrol by
17 Nov 2024
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks
Start dates
27 May 2024,
25 Nov 2024,
View 2025 dates

Price from
$555
Upfront cost
$0
Loan available
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Visual and Media Arts Education

About this subject

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

    1. demonstrate understanding of The Arts as both meaning-making and cultural enterprises, with particular consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practices and Asian arts
    2. analyse arts learning experiences with reference to the principles of authentic arts education, the development of children’s identity and agency, and the expectations of the school curriculum
    3. develop within a lifelong learning framework, and to a foundational standard for teaching, personal arts literacy and capability through engagement in visual and media arts praxis, critical review and reflection
    4. design a unit of inquiry (arts learning module) of sequential and meaningful learning experiences on a theme that reflects an understanding of curriculum, and arts pedagogy, as well as the ethos of sustainable, safe, functional, ethical, relevant and culturally sensitive learning contexts for a diversity of students
    5. apply professional skills to plan, organise, teach, assess and review, in the context of an improvement cycle, an arts learning activity, that reflects authentic arts learning principles and pedagogy.

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • CUR-BED-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
  • CUR-SAR-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)

Elective

  • CUR-FAST-DEG-2024 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-EDP263 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

Student feedback

13 student respondents between 19 Feb - 2 Sept 2024.

92%of students felt the study load was manageable

100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills

Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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