Key facts
UNE unit code: EDAE303
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- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
The Creative Arts plays an important role in primary school classrooms. In this unit you will be learning valuable practical skills and increasing your knowledge base in Music, Dance, Drama and Visual Arts so that you enter your future Kindergarten to Year 6 classroom with confidence.
You will examine the place of the Creative Arts within the school and the wider community, and how the Creative Arts makes a positive contribution to the personal, social and intellectual lives of your future students.
In this unit you will learn to plan engaging lessons, how to integrate the Creative Arts in subjects across the curriculum and how to link them directly to curriculum outcomes. You will explore what it means to provide a safe and effective learning environment for your students and you will explore how students learn through the Creative Arts disciplines of Music, Dance, Drama and Visual Arts.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 1 | Online |
Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and practical understanding of content relevant to the NSW Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (GTSD 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1);
- apply knowledge and skills to create an effective learning environment, and use a range of teaching strategies and resources appropriate to K–6 Creative Arts (GTSD 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 5.2.1);
- demonstrate a practical understanding of the processes involved in effective curriculum development in relation to planning, programming, assessment, reporting, and evaluation, relevant to implementation of Creative Arts, including Australian Aboriginal content (GTSD 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 3.3.1);
- demonstrate an understanding of the place of the Creative Arts within the school and the wider community, and the contribution the Creative Arts make to students’ personal, social and intellectual development (GTSD 1.1.1, 2.3.1, 4.4.1);
- demonstrate understanding of how students learn, including students from diverse backgrounds and different abilities, and strategies for using ICT for teaching (GTSD 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 2.6.1); and
- demonstrate knowledge and skills to create a safe and supportive learning environment by including creative arts activities that all students can enjoy and providing clear directions for classroom activities, and to use informal and formal assessment strategies and consistent and comparable judgement of student learning (GTSD 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.3.1).
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Drama Assignment | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Drama Portfolio and Planning Task. Relates to GTSD: 12.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 4.4.1, 5.2.1 No. Words: 1200 (equivalent) |
Music and Dance Assignment | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Music & Dance Teaching Activities. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.3.1 No. Words: 1600 |
Visual Arts Assignment | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Visual Arts Portfolio and Planning Task. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.4.1 No. Words: 1200 (equivalent) |
Workshops | Yes | All offerings | On campus students must attend and participate in at least 80% of workshops, to the satisfaction of the Unit Coordinator. Students not meeting this requirement will receive an NC (Compulsory Fail) grade for the unit. |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
The NSW Creative Arts K-6 Units of Work - Drama
NESA 2006
Text refers to: All offerings
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus
ISBN: 9781741473988
Board of Studies NSW Latest ed. 2006
Text refers to: All offerings
MMADD About the Arts: An Introduction to Primary Arts Education
ISBN: 9781488609756
Russell-Bowle, D., Pearson 4th ed. 2015
Text refers to: All offerings
The NSW Creative Arts K-6 Units of Work - Music
NSW Board of Studies, NESA 2006
Text refers to: All offerings
The NSW Creative Arts K-6: Units of Work – Visual Arts
NSW Board of Studies, NESA 2006
Text refers to: All offerings
Complete guide to primary dance
ISBN: 9781450428507
Paine, L., Human Kinetics 2014
Text refers to: All offerings
The NSW Creative Arts K-6 Units of Work - Dance
ISBN: 9780731346462
Board of Studies NSW Latest ed.
Text refers to: All offerings
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