Visual and Media Arts for Early Childhood

• • Educational principles and the language of art
  • Being in the world: sensory explorations and observations
  • Belonging in the world of art: Making connections
  • Becoming: Self-expression and communicating ideas
  • Children at the centre - Building relationships for educational growth
  • Integrated planning
  • Practical preparation and pedagogical approaches to support learning
  • Creating a culture of inquiry: Planning, observation, documentation, assessment
  • Creating the learning context for ongoing social and educational gains
  • Joining the dots: Policy and curriculum documents
  • Partnerships and life-long learning
  • Australian professional standards for teachers and advocating for the arts

Equivalent subjects

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

• CUR-EDE262-Visual and Media Arts for Early Childhood

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

CUR-EDC153-Performing Arts for Educators, or CUR-EDC161-Performing Arts for Educators ;

Others

You don't have to enrol in this subject if you have completed EDE202 The Creative Arts and Design in ECE as they are considered equivalents.

Special requirements

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  You will be required to locate a small range of art materials to complete activities.

This subject was previously known as EDE262 Visual and Media Arts for Early Childhood.

Through engagement with Visual and Media Arts, this subject focuses on the principles, planning and delivery of authentic forms of arts education in early childhood settings. Inquiry-based learning that embraces creativity, self-expression, meaning-making and the communication of ideas is presented within a child development context. Planning for arts learning is examined within the framework of the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care, and the Australian Curriculum; and organising programs, environment provocations and pedagogical documentation around a cyclic process of observation, study and responsive planning are practised. Integral to the subject are experiential learning opportunities designed to enlarge students’ understanding of the scope and nature of arts learning across the early childhood years; and also, to develop their own visual and media arts literacy to a foundational standard for teaching.

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.

• ePortfolio of Arts Making, Arts Responding and Arts Program (50%)
• Learning Story documentation of a Micro Teaching (50%)

Current study term (29 Nov 20 to 28 Feb 21)