ECA734 - Arts Education Research Inquiry Senior Years

Unit details

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2022 unit information

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Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online)*

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Merinda Kelly
Cohort rule:

Students must be enrolled in course D303, E760, E763 or E765

Prerequisite:

D303 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60%

Students enrolled in course E763 or E765 must complete unit EEE754, plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

In Person Attendance Requirements
Students who are completing professional experience placements are not required to attend classes or scheduled synchronous sessions during the placement.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week.

This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, independent study and 1 x 3-hour scheduled seminar per non-placement teaching week (approx. 6-9 weeks).

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week.

This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, regular forum posting and responding to others, scheduled synchronous online discussions and independent study during non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks).

It is highly recommended that you attend scheduled synchronous discussions in CloudDeakin throughout the trimester.

Note:

*Dance and Drama not available in Cloud (online) mode

Please Note: Media students should be enrolled in ECA736. Media is not a double arts method.

Content

This unit aims to immerse students in creative practice, aesthetic and critical debate in teaching and learning within their chosen arts discipline area (Dance, Drama, Music or Visual Art). Students research, analyse and apply a range of skill-based strategies including digital technologies and pedagogies that inform and underpin teaching and learning within diverse social and cultural contexts. Students negotiate, design and undertake individual projects that may be practical or research-based, and may include independent investigation of their chosen arts specialisation in formal and informal education settings. ECA734 students should note that arts discipline methodology modules are available for campus and Cloud (online) study as follows:

  • Dance - Burwood (Melbourne)
  • Drama - Burwood (Melbourne)
  • Music - Burwood (Melbourne), or Cloud (online)
  • Visual arts - Burwood (Melbourne) or Cloud (online)
ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Articulate a critical understanding of and engagement with the relationship between arts and education theory and practice in one arts specialism: Dance, Drama, Music, Visual art

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Through experiencing, apply relevant theories to further explore the concept of praxis inherent in making and responding to the arts in education

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Analyse and critique contemporary discourse about the arts with reference to selected arts or performance works from a broad range of cultures

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Through arts practice and appraising arts works and performance, articulate the role of the arts within socio-cultural contexts to communicate ideas, and to develop multi-literacies in diverse educational environments

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - a task appropriate to the specific arts education area 2000 words or equivalent 40% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - a task appropriate to the specific arts education area 3000 words or equivalent 60% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECA734 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.

Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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