Creativity, Play and the Arts (EDUC10048)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability(Quotas apply) | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
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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: 9 April 2025
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: 9 April 2025
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Item 1: Analysis of Play, Creativity and Artful Experience - Essay
| Mid semester | 40% |
Item 2: Analysis of Engaging Practice - Report
| End of semester | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: Oral presentation (5 minutes) | Week 12 | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 9 April 2025
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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject has an enrolment quota of 50 students. Places will be allocated based on date of enrolment until the quota is reached.
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 9 April 2025