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Arts and Artistry:Studio to Classroom (EDUC90493)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This practice-based subject will enable teacher candidates to extend their practical and theoretical understanding of the arts in primary education. Teacher candidates will be supported in the development of their arts skills, their arts pedagogy and their teacher artistry, in preparation for the range of contemporary arts practices in the primary school (from an interdisciplinary approach to the arts in the generalist classroom, to specialist arts teaching). The subject will entail practical workshops involving individual and group-work supported by theories of aesthetic curriculum and embodied learning. The subject will support teacher candidates in understanding the processes associated with arts making with children, and the relationship between arts in educational and cultural settings. Teacher candidates will create their own studio-based work, will undertake site visits, will work with children in school settings and will engage in curriculum development, arts teaching and theoretically-informed reflection.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, teacher candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:



  • Articulate the importance of the aesthetic elements of teaching and learning;
  • Have practised basic artistic skills necessary for effective pedagogy
  • To examine contemporary artistic teaching contexts

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, teacher candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:

  • Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their practices as knowledgeable agents of changes.
  • Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
  • Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
  • Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
  • Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
  • Have a conscious personal and social values base.

Last updated: 10 February 2024