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Evaluation of Wellbeing in Creative Arts (CREA90003)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject introduces students to the practices of planning, assessment and evaluation that form a reflective cycle and underpin evidence-based approaches to arts-based programs. A range of existing methodologies from creative arts therapies research will be considered, across quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods, and will include arts-based approaches.
Students will engage critically with current practices in their field to develop skills and understandings that will support them to be reflective and effective arts practitioners. Fundamental to these endeavours is the concept of theory of change, with students learning to conceptualise what they are seeking to contribute with arts participants and how they will recognise progress towards desired outcomes.
This theoretical orientation will assist practitioners to meet the needs of participants while also being responsive to imperatives from other stakeholders that may include funders, host agencies and family and community members.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- articulate knowledge about the reflective cycle of planning, assessment and evaluation as it is practiced in the creative arts therapies;
- set outcomes, and assess or measure change within an arts based program;
- expand their capacity to respond to the needs of participants and imperatives from other stakeholders in the therapeutic or arts context, through effective planning, assessment and evaluation.
Last updated: 31 January 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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written critical reflection on assessment and evaluation of creative arts in a specific context.
| Mid semester | 20% |
Written program plan that includes an appropriate assessment and evaluation approach, using an existing tool or one developed specifically .
| Second half of the teaching period | 40% |
Written evaluation of the outcomes of an arts program in a specific context drawing from literature or practice.
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Kat McFerran Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 1-hour tutorial each fortnight plus asynchronous online lecture materials and content. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Creative Arts Therapy
Last updated: 31 January 2024