| Assessment |
Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit covers the history and development of mainstream Australian theatre from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.
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Communication Skills
Students have to write essays, as well as dramatic scripts, and on-campus students each week attend a two-hour workshop where performance skills are discussed and put into practice.
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Global Perspectives
How Australian Theatre moved from parochial to global issues is one of the main themes of the unit.
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Information Literacy
Students are required to use computing skills to conduct their research.
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Life-Long Learning
Students work independently and collectively on information gathering, analysis and exploration, reflection, reporting, and devising theatrical performances designed to convey ideas, factual material and opinions in a clear, yet entertaining, manner.
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Problem Solving
The workshop practices are almost always based upon a problem which needs to be solved in a practical way.
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Social Responsibility
Students are required to: (a) take on their own responsibilities within an active group; and (b) examine the very notion of social responsibility in relation to the contemporary political and social issues discussed above.
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Team Work
The devising, rehearsing and performance of student projects involve a high degree of team work - and team work which involves many more hours of time than is directly supervised by staff. There is no Intensive School; however, off-campus students are asked to study material about Australian theatre groups in practice.
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