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Learning Area Visual Arts & Design 1 (EDUC90477)
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 1 (Extended)
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 (Extended) - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject develops Teacher Candidates’ understanding of the place of Visual Arts and Design in contemporary schools in Australia. By considering the principles of learning and teaching that underpin effective classrooms and the research that supports these principles, this subject will widen teacher candidates’ appreciation of exemplary teaching in this area.
This subject introduces Teacher Candidates to the core curriculum knowledge required to teach Visual Arts and Design in secondary schools. Principal curriculum models are explored through the Victorian Curriculum F-10 and VCE Study Designs that reflect Victorian priorities and standards. The knowledge and skills required to design and develop lesson and unit plans for the visual arts classroom embedding literacy, numeracy, visual literacy and digital technologies are featured.
Techniques and strategies for including, making and responding using visual arts and design knowledge, understanding and skills to express meanings associated with personal views, intrinsic and extrinsic worlds are covered. Key theorists are studied as a means of rationalising individual epistemologies and pedagogies for teaching art and design, and to meet the socio- cultural learning requirements of students from diverse backgrounds. Teacher Candidates are introduced to cognitive theories relevant to Visual Arts education, methods for assessing art and design process and products in the classroom, and practical teaching techniques for the studio classroom.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Critically reflect on research and practice into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice, including the creation of effective learning environments in visual arts and design in the secondary years. (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.2, 3.6, 6.2, & 6.4)
- Interpret, design and implement, current knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources to design lesson plans and learning sequence in visual arts and design (Graduate Standards 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.6)
- Understand how to set learning goals that provide appropriate strategies to meet the specific needs of students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
- 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 in visual arts and design. (Graduate Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.5)
- Evaluate teaching programs to improve learning in visual arts and design in the secondary years, and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources. (Graduate Standards 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 & 5.1)
- Identify assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning in visual arts and design in the secondary years. (Graduate Standards 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 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
Teacher Candidates must meet the minimum academic study requirements for teaching in specialist areas, in accordance with the Victorian Institute of Teaching's Specialist Area Guidelines, for entry into this subject.
Corequisites
Full time teacher candidates:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90908 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 1 |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
March (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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Lesson plan
| Early semester | 25% |
Journal of reflections (5 x 350 word reflections)
| Mid semester | 35% |
Development of a Unit Plan
| End of semester | 40% |
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 1 (Extended)
Principal coordinator Kate Coleman 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 15 February 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 26 February 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 30 June 2021 Semester 1 (Extended) contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
VCE Study Guides for Visual Communication Design, Studio Arts, Art and Product Design and Technology
The Victorian 7-10 Curriculum: Visual Arts, Visual Communication Design, and Design & Technologies.
- 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