Module EDUS1621: ARTS and Humanities 1

Department: Education (ITE)

EDUS1621: ARTS and Humanities 1

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop the students' understanding and appreciation of the place of Music, Humanities and Visual Arts in primary education.
• To develop students' understanding of the relationship between the arts and human experience with reference to educational contexts.
• To help students to develop their knowledge and understanding of the ways in which meaning and representation are generated in the Arts and Humanities; recognising the benefit of developing this knowledge for critically reflective practice in primary education.
• To foster an understanding of the relationship between an artists and their work and to explore what educators can learn from this.

Content

• In this module, students will be able to study critical and historical concepts relating to music and the visual arts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as they relate to education.
• Students will be encouraged to explore theories and practices in music and visual art education through the study of first hand sources and texts.
• Students will have the opportunity to increase their understanding of the histories and practices of music and art as they explore how a selection of topics relate to effective education practice.
• Key ideas and concepts underpinning the National Curriculum subjects of geography, history and religious studies are introduced and developed in a range of contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• Key ideas underpinning Arts, Humanities and Music education in a primary school;
• Key theoretical and conceptual developments in the arts and humanities.
• Students should have a developing knowledge and understanding of how individual experience and encounter the Arts, and how this can contribute to effective primary teaching and an understanding of primary education

• think critically and independently;
• critically analyse works of art and music with developing reference to primary education
• critically analyse relevant literature in relation to the primary foundation subjects: geography, history and religious studies

• read and interpret 'texts';
• develop coherent arguments and support interpretations with appropriate evidence.
• communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in written form
• manage time and work to deadlines
• construct and sustain a reasoned argument
• evaluate and make use of information from a variety of primary and secondary sources.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching and Learning: The module is managed through a series of lead lectures and associated group work sessions (workshops and seminars) in which students examine themes and issues in the arts.
• The emphasis is upon active learning, and students are encouraged to contribute to sessions by taking account of their developing knowledge of music, visual arts and education
• Students engage in discussion, in informal presentations, and in a range of task based activities.
• There is a series of practical sessions through which students have the opportunity to share their work with their peers and tutors, and to examine critically each other's work.
• The lectures will examine the key ideas and concepts and the seminars will facilitate student participation in the critical discussion of these ideas and concepts and the critical reflection of key readings and appropriate research.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Students will be invited to submit a plan of their academic poster for formative feedback which will provide guidance on relevant further reading and the effectiveness of the presented argument. For the essay, students will be invited to submit a plan of the essay for feedback.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University