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EDMAS6052 - Art, Movement and Music in Early Childhood
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<p>This unit will explore music, movement and visual arts as a series of expressive and creative experiences that can contribute to the developmental learning of all young children. The unit will introduce pre-service teachers (PSTs) to the implementation of various strategies, settings and resources in the planning of arts-based experiences for young children.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br>
1. Arts purposes and their application in arts pedagogy for young children<br>
2. Elements of the expressive arts and their relevance to teaching young children<br>
3. Creative and practical music, art and movement curricula including learning experience planning principles, procedures and strategies for young children<br>
4. Integrated arts approaches to planning and implementation with young children<br>
5. Art, music, drama and movement resources for young children; selection, quality, safety and use of equipment<br>
6. Current curricula; national standards as they relate to the teaching of the arts<br>
7. Artistic behaviour and development of young children<br>
8. Evaluating children's art, music and movement expression<br>
9. Playing an un-tuned percussion instruments, listening, singing, moving, creating, making and performing<br>
10. Working responsively and respectfully with young children when creating, making and performing<br>
11. The value of the arts in making connections from the early childhood contexts and the wider community</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit will explore music, movement and visual arts as a series of expressive and creative experiences that can contribute to the developmental learning of all young children. The unit will introduce pre-service teachers (PSTs) to the implementation of various strategies, settings and resources in the planning of arts-based experiences for young children.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br> 1. Arts purposes and their application in arts pedagogy for young children<br> 2. Elements of the expressive arts and their relevance to teaching young children<br> 3. Creative and practical music, art and movement curricula including learning experience planning principles, procedures and strategies for young children<br> 4. Integrated arts approaches to planning and implementation with young children<br> 5. Art, music, drama and movement resources for young children; selection, quality, safety and use of equipment<br> 6. Current curricula; national standards as they relate to the teaching of the arts<br> 7. Artistic behaviour and development of young children<br> 8. Evaluating children's art, music and movement expression<br> 9. Playing an un-tuned percussion instruments, listening, singing, moving, creating, making and performing<br> 10. Working responsively and respectfully with young children when creating, making and performing<br> 11. The value of the arts in making connections from the early childhood contexts and the wider community</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edmas6052">070101 - Teacher Education: Early Childhood</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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K1
<p>Articulate the importance of art, movement and music for developing children's awareness of the world in which they live, as modes of expression and way of knowing in various cultural and educational contexts</p>
K2
<p>Describe the arts elements for music, visual art and movement and principles of teaching the arts</p>
K3
<p>Analyse the developmental stages in young children and their relevant application in developing the creativity of children from birth through transition to school</p>
K4
<p>Demonstrate knowledge of current curricula and national standards through the development of a range of expressive arts learning experiences</p>
K5
<p>Propose strategies for the involvement of young children in developing dispositions of creativity and imagination while engaging in arts learning experiences</p>
S1
<p>Perform relevant practical and expressive skills in music, movement, art and drama</p>
S2
<p>Execute confidence in and reflect upon personal skills in developing and delivering a range of musical and artistic activities</p>
S3
<p>Develop and apply effective and inclusive teaching and learning strategies for the arts when working with young children and propose ways to assess children's artistic and musical development</p>
S4
<p>Employ and critique appropriate methods to teach singing and creative movement with music, and visual arts in the classroom to children of varying abilities, cultures and dispositions</p>
A1
<p>Reflect on previous experiences within the Arts and propose goals for future development</p>
A2
<p>Develop a personal arts teaching philosophy</p>
A3
<p>Encourage young children's exploration of art, music and movement with the framework of an effective practical pedagogy that is consistent with a personal arts teaching philosophy</p>
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1
<p>PSTs are to demonstrate the practical use of untuned percussion instruments, singing and movement within a context of a music experience conducted with a small group of children. The experience is to be audio visually recorded. Children’s learning in the experience is to be assessed and teaching evaluated. Using support from current curricula, unit materials and other research literature, PSTs are to articulate their personal philosophy of music and movement teaching and justify how their learning experience aligns with this philosophy</p>
<p>Musical Experience</p>
<p>30% - 40%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3
2
<p>PSTs are to plan and implement a visual art experience for a small group of children. The children’s learning is to be assessed and teaching evaluated. PSTs are to articulate their personal philosophy of visual art teaching and justify how their learning experience aligns with their philosophy</p>
<p>Visual Arts Experience</p>
<p>30% - 40%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3
3
<p>PSTs articulate their current confidence levels in the planning, implementing of arts-based learning experiences, Note areas and strategies for their future development</p>
<p>Reflective response</p>
<p>20-30%</p>
K1, S2, A1
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplimentary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edmas6052">070101 - Teacher Education: Early Childhood</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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<em>Information in the Federation Handbook is correct at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to alter any course, unit, procedure or fee.</em>
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