EDF5036 Arts, design and health education in the primary years
Faculty of Education
EDF5036 Arts, design and health education in the primary years is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for EDF5036. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
This unit involves the planning and implementation of a range of integrated learning experiences for children, including a focus on integrating the arts, design and health across the curriculum. The unit draws on creative and critical pedagogies to nurture your creativity and ability to respond to issues of social justice through arts, design and health and physical education. It addresses two themes: the first explores creativity and the arts and the second examines health and wellbeing. In theme one, a range of pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning in the arts and design are canvassed and current theoretical perspectives in the arts are examined. You will develop your competencies in a range of art forms, such as visual art, music, dance, drama, media and literature, and in doing so gain an understanding of the content, processes and skills as they relate to children's development and learning in the arts and design. In theme two, you will gain understandings in the health and wellbeing of people, places and communities locally and globally and critically examine theoretical perspectives related to health and wellbeing. You will develop competencies in the content, processes and skills of health and wellbeing and physical education using cross-disciplinary approaches.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Curriculum resource (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Practice based project (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary issues and curriculum in arts, design, health and physical education within Australia and internationally
- 2
Plan and implement learning experiences that focus on the arts, design, health and physical education which cater for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities and draw on a range of effective and inclusive teaching strategies
- 3
Develop units of work that include a focus on integrating the arts, design, health and physical education across the curriculum including connections between literacies and information and communication technologies
- 4
Explore and develop your own skills and pedagogical practices in the arts, design, health and physical education
- 5
Identify, evaluate and interpret a range of relevant curriculum documents and resources for teaching the arts, design, health and physical education
- 6
Apply a variety of assessment approaches in the arts, design, health and physical education.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
- equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms
(b.) Additional requirements (all students)
- independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
You will be challenged to experience, create and respond to your own pedagogical planning and research skills as a artist-designer-teacher. Some of the traditional models of teaching will be challenged as we integrate research and skill development in making, documenting, designing an assessment for learning, storytelling and digital production as part of the assessment tasks. This includes online materials and face to face classes. There is a focus on immersive experiential learning, community links and examples, industry guests as well as fieldwork. This variety will collectively stimulate ideas and the capacity for responding to contemporary educational opportunities and purposes.
Movement, arts and technology/design activities will also form part of the schedule. Together the classes, readings, resources and practical activities provide a blended approach specifically designed to deepen your experience as an artist-designer-teacher. Completing online materials as well as active attendance at classes is essential to ensure you have developed the relevant skills and knowledge to successfully complete the assessment tasks.
Learning activities in the scheduled classes are designed to support reinforcement and understanding of knowledge. We will have a range of expert presenters to share their experience and knowledge with you throughout the semester.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Nish Belford
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5036?
EDF5036 has no prerequisites.
When is EDF5036 offered?
In 2021, EDF5036 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5036?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5036 have an exam?
No. EDF5036 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021