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Introduction to Arts Education
PostgraduateTAS-EMT6942025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 1 Jan 2025,
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,440
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introduction to Arts Education
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Explain and analyse the key values underlying the inclusion of the Arts in school education
- Identify the elements of each of the five art forms (dance, drama, media arts, music and visual art) through experiential practice.
- Synthesise key literature and apply the Australian curriculum in the arts organising strands of making and responding to plan for integrated cross-curriculum arts learning.
- Appraise the critical role of the teacher in initiating quality arts education in and across the curriculum.
- Module 1: Making and Responding across the Arts
- Why arts education?
- Drama
- Media arts
- Arts in/as dialogue
- Visual arts
- Music
- Dance
- Module 2: Framing, Planning and Assessing
- Planning and assessing in arts education
- Arts partnerships in education
- Cross-curricular opportunities in the arts
- Creativity, diversity and early childhood education
- Presence: Teaching as an improvisational art
This subject provides an introduction to working with the Arts in educational contexts. In this subject you will develop an understanding of the distinctive value of Arts education, particularly the opportunities that it provides to deliver integrated and creative early childhood and primary learning experiences. By the end of this subject, you will be better able to articulate the value of the Arts in education; engage with the essential elements and processes of each of the five art forms (dance, drama, media arts, music and visual art); apply the Arts organising strands of making and responding across the art form areas; and understand the critical role of the teacher in initiating quality arts education in and across a school curriculum.
- Arts Education Blog (ePortfolio) (50%)
- Lesson Sequence (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-EDC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Primary)
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).
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangements: weekly online tutorials (2 hours), independent learning (8 hours)
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-EDC-MAS