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Learning Area Drama A 2 (EDUC90436)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2 (Extended)
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Extended) - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on the design, implementation and reflection on drama education in secondary school contexts. Teacher Candidates will further their understanding of drama as an arts discipline and as a pedagogy through practical application and reflective practice. The subject will examine a range of purposes for drama within contemporary education. Topics will include: techniques and resources, including ICT, for teaching drama and theatre studies curriculum in secondary schools; drama and interdisciplinary curriculum planning and implementation; learning through drama pedagogy as a mode of embodied, emotional and cognitive investigations of a range of texts; applying theatre technologies and stagecraft; investigating drama teaching and learning through reflective practice. Teacher Candidates will investigate their own teaching practice to further understand how students learn through drama pedagogy in secondary schools. They will undertake team teaching and a reflective practice research project.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
1. Consolidate ability to critically reflect on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective Drama teaching practice, including the creation of effective learning environments (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.1 )
2. 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 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4)
3. Evaluate teaching programs to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources in Drama (Graduate Standards 3.6)
4. Consolidate understanding of Drama assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning (Graduate Standards 5.1, 5.4)
Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Generic skills
This subject 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
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90435 | Learning Area Drama A 1 | Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
Full time teacher candidates:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90909 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 2 |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Extended plan teacher candidates:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC91010 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 1 Ext | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC91011 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 2 Ext | Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A teaching rationale
| Mid semester | 25% |
A reflective practice report
| End of semester | 50% |
Team teaching: planning and implementation
| Mid semester | 25% |
A solo performance: teaching performance assessments (presentation)
| During the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Prue Wales Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours This subject will adopt a hybrid learning approach. The specified hours of 'class time' and other forms of flexible delivery will be outlined in your subject guide. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 19 July 2021 to 27 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is delivered either partially or fully in-person in Second Half Year 2020. Please ensure you are able to attend any essential in-person requirements or speak to Stop 1 about alternative subject options.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
VCE Drama and Theatre Studies study designs
Collection of readings
Victorian Curriculum
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024