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Young People and Culture (EDUC90608)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Overview
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This subject enables students to gain an understanding of the diversity of young people's cultural expressions. It explores engagement with popular and traditional culture, but focuses especially on the diverse ways in which different groups of young people appropriate, invent and re-invent cultural expressions. A combination of lectures, studio workshops and tutorials will provide students with the conceptual tools for understanding the role visual arts, performing arts and similar cultural activities play in young people’s learning and identities. It will examine creativity and engagement in the arts for, by, with and about young people in a range of contexts. Learning will be reinforced by fieldwork and practical assignments linked to cultural site visits.
Intended learning outcomes
The students will:
- Understand the diversity of young people’s cultural expressions;
- Explore engagement with popular culture;
- Identify the ways in which groups of young people appropriate, invent and re-invent cultural expressions;
- Understand the role that the visual arts, performing arts and similar cultural activities play in young people's learning and identities;
- Examine creativity and engagement in the arts and cultural activities for, by, with and about young people in a range of contexts.
Generic skills
- Be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
- Have a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem solving and communication;
- Be able to engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness ofcommunity needs;
- Have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community;
- Creative and critical observational and thinking skills;
- Presentational, dialogic and written communication skills;
- Organisation and management of diverse information and data into analytical and strategic configurations.
Last updated: 10 February 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: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Essay: Formulation and articulation of a coherent exposition and analysis of the diversity of young people’s cultural expressions based on readings, presentations by guest speakers and class discussions (Objective 1)
2,000 words 40% due week 12 of semester.
Report and analysis: Analysis of a site and context pertaining to young people’s cultural expressions and discussion of the way in which this cultural expression shapes or articulates identity. (Objectives 1-5)
2000 words 40% due week 9 of semester.
A presentation to the class: (10 minutes duration) articulating the role that the visual arts, performing arts or other cultural activities play in young people’s learning, political engagement and/or identity (Objectives 1, 4, 5) 20% due week 13 of semester.
This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- March
Principal coordinator Richard Sallis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 20 February 2017 Teaching period 4 March 2017 to 20 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 22 February 2017 Census date 24 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 June 2017 Assessment period ends 27 July 2017 March contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Students will be required to complete specific readings directly related to the content of the subject that be placed on LMS. Students are to make notes based on the readings as directed.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., & O’Toole, J. (Eds) (2008). Education in the arts – teaching and learning in the contemporary curriculum. Melbourne: OUP.
Wyn, J. (2009). Youth Health and Welfare: the cultural politics of education and wellbeing, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
O'Brien, A. & Donelan, K. (Eds.), The Arts and Youth at Risk: Global and Local Challenges (pp. 13-31). Newcastle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Education Course Master of Education - 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: 10 February 2024