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Creativity, Play and the Arts (EDUC10048)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Dr Robert Brown: r.brown@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Marnee Watkins: m.watkins@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject focuses on the integral connection between play, the arts and engagement for children and young people. Through practical workshops linked to theory students will interpret and examine playful, creative and artful experiences. To understand and learn how to facilitate children’s engagement through play and the arts, students will plan for and experience direct interactions with children. The experiential nature of the subject is supported by knowledge drawn from a range of disciplines incorporating theories of engagement, play and creativity, artistic creation, and human development.
Intended learning outcomes
Students will:
- Experience and reflect critically on diverse arts and play experiences;
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts, creativity and play engage children and young people;
- Practise analytical and interactive skills through engagement with children and young people;
- Develop skills and knowledge that support engagement in arts practice.
Generic skills
This subject will assist students to acquire the following graduate attributes:
- expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects, artforms, and settings
- the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
- initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
- excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Item 1: Analysis of Play, Creativity and Artful Experience - Essay (1600 words) due mid semester (40%)
- Item 2: Analysis of Engaging Practice - Report (2400 words) due end of semester (60%)
Hurdle requirements:
- Item 3: Oral presentation (5 minutes) due week 12
- Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Marnee Watkins Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Robert Brown: r.brown@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Marnee Watkins: m.watkins@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject has a quota of 75 students.
Places will be allocated based on date of enrolment until the quota is reached. Anyone enrolling after the quota has been reached will be notified by the MGSE Student Centre at least one week prior to the start of teaching.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Course readings will be provided.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 11 April 2024