Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

As future primary teachers, you will benefit from an introduction to Visual Arts, Music and Media as curriculum areas that will enhance and enrich teaching and learning in the primary classroom. This unit focuses on the Visual Arts, Music and Media strands of The Arts Years 1 to 10 Syllabus with priority given to the Primary school years 1 to 7. These strands are addressed within the context of key concepts, core content, core learning outcomes and assessment dimensions which form the basis for this syllabus. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary and cross- KLA (Key Learning Area) planning for teaching and learning in Visual Arts, Music and Media.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the pedagogies of primary Visual Arts, Music and Media education and to curriculum-related artistic practice related to these art forms. The unit will enable you to develop curricular programs consistent with the Visual Arts, Music and Media strands of The Arts Years 1 to10 Syllabus and, through practical workshops, to develop effective teaching practice.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:

1. help learners to develop, monitor and evaluate their own thinking and learning skills within the social and cultural context of education;


2. model and promote inquiring, cooperative and independent approaches to learning;


3. design learning experience programs that draw upon pedagogical, curriculum and assessment knowledge and skills, to respond to the diverse abilities and interests of all learners;


4. employ accountable and theoretically grounded processes to monitor and assess student understanding and progress, including the use of outcomes-based assessment criteria.

Content

This unit addresses content such as:

• Key concepts of Visual Arts, Music and Media pedagogies


• Planning and writing Visual Arts, Music and Media curriculum units


• Planning and teaching Visual Arts, Music and Media experiences


• Curriculum-based artistic practice in Visual Arts, Music and Media


• Integrated curricular, cross-curricular and wider educational priorities

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit features a combination of lectures and practical workshops. The lecture series will address key concepts of Visual Arts, Music and Media primary education pedagogies and teacher artist; levels, core content, core learning outcomes, and assessment in relation to planning, teaching and learning in Visual Arts, Music and Media; models for planning curriculum units and student reporting; models for curriculum integration and complementary learning; cross-curricular priorities of literacy, numeracy, lifeskills, and futures perspective; wider educational priorities of productive pedagogies, new basics and rich tasks; models of community Arts support for classroom teachers. The practical workshops will provide you with opportunities to develop art-making and teaching skills for the primary classroom in Visual Arts, Music and Media. Led by your tutor, you will experience in a practical way key art-making activities in Visual Arts, Music and Media. You will have opportunities to discuss and develop curriculum planning ideas with your tutor. Each week you will be required to engage with and reflect on key readings which extend and amplify the understandings gained in lectures and workshops. Teaching and learning in this unit will be supported by an online teaching site.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS:
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information click the 'Unit Details' link on the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
The unit coordinator and tutors will be available in workshops and via email to provide feedback and advice on assessment planning.

Assessment name: Curriculum Project
Description: (Summative) Either a Visual Arts/Media or Music and Sounds submission relevant to the discipline studied in the first rotation.
You will design a Visual Arts/Media and Music or an integrated (cross discipline, co curricular, cross arts, rich tasks) primary curriculum unit. Your unit will show knowledge and understanding of levels, core learning outcomes, assessment opportunities, integrated curricular, cross-curricular and wider educational priorities.
Relates to objectives: 1-4
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Mid Semester

Assessment name: Curriculum Project
Description: (Summative) Either a Visual Arts/Media or Music and Sound submission relevant to the discipline studied in the final rotation.

You will design a Visual Arts/Media and Music, or an integrated (cross discipline, co curricular, cross arts, rich tasks) primary curriculum unit. Your unit will show knowledge and understanding of levels, core learning outcomes, assessment opportunities, integrated curricular, cross-curricular and wider educational priorities.
Relates to objectives: 1-4
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: End Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

The Arts Years 1 to 10 Syllabus, Queensland Studies Authority, 2002.
The Arts Years 1 to 10 Curriculum Materials, CD ROM, Queensland Studies Authority, 2002.
The Arts: Years 1 - 10 Syllabus (Sourcebook - Modules)

Course Materials Database on the Blackboard site is the key site for all core structures, readings and connections to web based resources.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. You should be aware, however, that when using computers, you will need to take care that you are working in a safe and ergonomically-sound environment (that is, avoidance of eyestrain, headaches, and physical stress on neck, back, arms and hands). Please consider your seating (heights, angles and distances) and the lighting in your work area (to avoid the glare). The physical placement and organisation of peripheral devices, cables and extension cords should be managed to reduce danger to persons or property. Do not use unsafe electrical cords.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 18-Sep-2012