Creativity, Play and the Arts (EDUC10048)

Think of your own playful, artful and creative encounters both as a child and a young person. Creativity, play and the arts are vital to our lives, supporting innovation and collaboration. They allow us to express, to see things differently, to discover new possibilities, to problem solve and to encounter other perspectives.

This subject focuses on the integral connection between play, creativity and the arts for children and adults, and the essential role they contribute to lifelong learning. Through practical workshops students will use a variety of art media including digital technologies. The curriculum is designed within a constant spirit of respectful interrogation and embodied inquiry into playful, creative and artful experiences. To understand and learn how to facilitate a focus on children’s engagement through play and the arts, involves students co-playing, co-making and co-imagining in mentored immersive interactions with children in our arts studios. The experiential nature of the subject is supported by knowledge drawn from a range of disciplines incorporating theories of engagement, play and creativity, learning, artistic creation, and human development. This subject caters for students with varied prior experience with the arts.