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Unit of Study EDUC3015 - Arts, Education and Creativity: Practice and Pedagogy (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    96 Credit points in a Bachelor of Education course.

  • Enrolment information

    Bachelor of Education students must complete all first year units (96 CP) prior to enrolling in this unit to meet NESA Accreditation requirements.

Unit description

Provides the opportunity to extend Arts practice in the discipline of choice (i.e. Visual Arts, Music, Dance or Drama, or any combination) to develop skills and experiences through a focused inquiry. This individual creative inquiry immerses the student in studio practice and related research. It is designed to provide an advanced understanding in their preferred discipline, as well as deeper experiences with the domains and practices of the Arts. 

Unit content

Module 1: Arts Practice and Research: Knowing, Doing, Telling

Module 2: A/r/tographic Identity - Artist, Teacher, Researcher 

Module 3: A/r/tography and Creative Process

Module 4: A/r/tography - Ways of knowing

Module 5: A/r/tography is pedagogical

Module 6: Telling: A/r/tography

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and apply key concepts, skills and practices in The Arts

explore a variety of artistic engagements to curriculum and pedagogy

creatively develop Arts based practices for implementation within schools

critically analyse and evaluate the impact of including Arts based practices in the school community

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Access to a guitar

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.