Postgraduate TAS-EMT694-2021
Introduction to Arts Education
$2,108 $0
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
12 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 22 Feb 2021
QS RANKING 2021
19
Times Higher Education Ranking 2021
25
Subject details
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 artforms (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 and culturally responsive arts learning
- Appraise the critical role of the teacher in initiating quality Arts education in and across the curriculum
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- Why arts education? Learning in and Learning through the Arts
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Drama
- Dance
- Media Arts
- Reading and Action
- Planning and Assessing in Arts Education
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts and Cultures in Arts Education
- Arts as Dialogue
- Arts Partnerships in Education
- Cross-Curricular Opportunities in the Arts
- Arts and Diversity
- Creativity and Education
- Presence: Teaching as an improvisational art
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Special requirements
No special requirements
This subject provides an introduction to working with the Arts in educational contexts. In this unit you will develop an understanding of the distinctive value of Arts education, particularly the opportunities that it provides to be culturally responsive and 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.
- Lesson Plan (50%%)
- Portfolio (50%%)
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