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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Aims to develop students’ knowledge of the central concepts of Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts, as well as personal competence in these areas. The unit also explores critical and creative thinking and the providence with Arts.
Unit content
Module 1: The Arts: Domains of The Arts
Module 2: The Arts: Visual Art
Module 3: The Arts: Music
Module 4: The Arts: Drama
Module 5: The Arts: Dance
Module 6: The Arts: Creativity
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | explain the interrelationship of critical thinking, creativity and the arts to each other and to society |
| 2 | demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding across the range of creative arts |
| 3 | demonstrate personal competency and development in the arts and skills in personal, academic and arts literacies |
| 4 | demonstrate skills and understandings in the use of technology and media to present information and communicate with others |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explain the interrelationship of critical thinking, creativity and the arts to each other and to society
- demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding across the range of creative arts
- demonstrate personal competency and development in the arts and skills in personal, academic and arts literacies
- demonstrate skills and understandings in the use of technology and media to present information and communicate with others
Prescribed texts
- Roy, D., Baker, W., & Hamilton, A. , 2019, Teaching the arts: Early Childhood and Primary Education, 3rd, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN: ISBN:978-1-108-55236-3.
- Roy, D., Baker, W., & Hamilton, A. , 2019, Teaching the arts: Early Childhood and Primary Education, 3rd, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN: ISBN:978-1-108-55236-3.