Learning Area Visual Arts & Design (Ad)2 (EDUC90480)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:

• Make informed judgements as a reflective practitioner on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice in visual arts and design education, including the creation of effective and creative learning environments. (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.2, 3.6, 6.2, & 6.4).
• Demonstrate an understanding of the way in which research informs practice within the wider art, design and societal context to design lesson plans and learning sequences, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources(Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.6)
• Critically analyse own practices to set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics in visual arts and design education. (Graduate Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4).
• Collaborate with peers to identify and select appropriate strategies to differentiate teaching to meet specific needs of students, drawing on digital technologies and literacy and numeracy understandings in order to engage and empower students in their learning . (Graduate Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.5)
• Articulate and justify a coherent set of beliefs about teaching and learning, through the lens of visual arts and design to evaluate teaching programs to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 & 5.1)
• Review and critically evaluate assessment strategies, including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning in visual arts and design (Graduate Standards 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 5.1)

Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Generic skills

MTeach graduates will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

• Clinical reasoning and thinking
• Problem solving
• Evidence based decision making
• Creativity and innovation
• Teamwork and professional collaboration
• Learning to learn and metacognition
• Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
• Reflection for continuous improvement
• Linking theory and practice
• Inquiry and research
• Active and participatory citizenship