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Identity, Culture and the Arts (EDUC90608)
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
July
Overview
Availability | July - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on identity and young people with an emphasis on the diversity of young people's artistic expression. It explores engagement with popular and traditional cultures and focuses especially on the diverse ways in which different groups of young people appropriate, invent and re-invent cultural expressions through the arts. Flexible delivery will provide students with the conceptual tools for understanding the role the visual arts, music and drama and related cultural activities play in young people’s identity formation both in and out of school. It will examine creativity and engagement in the arts for, by, with and about young people in a range of educational and community contexts. Learning will be reinforced by fieldwork and assignments linked to cultural site visits.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Analyse and evaluate theories, policies and practices in relation the diversity of young people’s cultural expressions;
- Evaluate social, cultural, political and historical contexts of youth and popular culture and engagement that inform policies and practices
- Apply specialised theoretical understanding and knowledge of current research, debates, policies and practices in youth education and arts practices from a multidisciplinary and global perspective.
- Examine creativity and engagement in the arts and cultural activities for, by, with and about young people in a range of contexts.
Generic skills
- Critical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students admitted to courses/entry points not specified below have no prerequisites for this subject.
Students in the 200-point program of the Master of Education, Master of TESOL or Master of Modern Languages Education, must have completed the following four compulsory subjects*:
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90929 | Understanding Education in Context |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
EDUC90930 | Local Literacies in Global Contexts |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
EDUC91029 | Understanding the Student as Learner |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
EDUC91030 | Research in Educational Relationships |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
*Students that commenced their course prior to 2021 may have completed EDUC90830 in place of EDUC91029, and EDUC90900 in place of EDUC91030:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90830 | The Student as Learner |
Term 3 (Online)
Term 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
EDUC90900 | Resilience and Relationships |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Report and analysis
| Mid semester | 40% |
Oral Presentation (equivalent to 1000 words)
| Late semester | 20% |
Essay
| End of semester | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 75% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- July - Online
Principal coordinator Richard Sallis Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 30 July 2022 to 10 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 8 August 2022 Census date 12 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 September 2022 Assessment period ends 26 September 2022 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Texts and other resources will be provided via the LMS site for the subject.
Recommended texts and other resources
Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., Hunter. M. (eds.) (2017). Education in the Arts (Third edition). Oxford University Press, South 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.
White, R. and Wyn, J. (2014). Youth Identities and Culture, in Youth and Society. South Melbourne, OUP.
Wyn, J. (2009). Youth Health and Welfare: the cultural politics of education and wellbeing, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of TESOL Course Master of Modern Languages Education Course Master of Education Specialisation (formal) Arts 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.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required.
- 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