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Visual and Media Arts for Early Childhood
Undergraduate | CUR-EDE262 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Familiarise yourself with the principles, planning and delivery of arts education in early childhood settings. Develop arts literacy and capability through personal investment in visual and media arts praxis, reflection and appreciation.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Visual and Media Arts for Early Childhood
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- describe and evaluate the principles of authentic forms of arts education with reference to the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care, and the Australian Curriculum
- within a lifelong learning framework, develop arts literacy and capability through personal investment in visual and media arts praxis, reflection and appreciation, to a foundational standard for teaching
- create programmes that reflect an understanding of child development, curriculum and arts learning processes within the ethos of sustainable, safe, functional, ethical, inclusive and culturally sensitive learning contexts
- appraise valid forms of integrating of the arts in children’s learning, developing partnerships and creating forms of arts advocacy for sustaining and invigorating arts learning
- plan and present arts activities that are developmentally appropriate and reflect authentic arts learning principles.
- 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
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.
***You will be required to locate a small range of art materials to complete activities.***
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
CUR-EDC161-Performing Arts for Educators (no longer available)
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.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
You will be required to locate a small range of art materials to complete activities.
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.
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