Creativity, Play and the Arts (EDUC10048)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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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.

 

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Reflect critically on diverse arts and play experiences with a range of settings
  • Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts, creativity and play engage children and young people
  • Analyse their practice through engaging artfully, creatively and playfully with children and young people
  • Articulate their developed skills and knowledge that support engagement in arts practice.

Generic skills

This subject will assist students to develop the following transferable skills:

  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Developing and applying new ideas
  • Teamwork and professional collaboration
  • Reflecting on learning.

Last updated: 9 April 2025

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: 9 April 2025

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Personal narrative and artefact

  • 1200 words (equivalent)
Early semester30%

Site review

  • 1200 words
Mid semester30%

Reflective Portfolio

  • 1600 words
During the examination period40%

Attendance

Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops, both synchronous and asynchronous).		Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 9 April 2025

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    Principal coordinatorMarnee Watkins
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours comprising 32 hours studio-based workshops plus 4 hours of asynchronous online activities
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025
    Last self-enrol date14 March 2025
    Census date31 March 2025
    Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025
    Assessment period ends27 June 2025

    Semester 1 contact information

    m.watkins@unimelb.edu.au 

  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorMarnee Watkins
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours comprising 11 weeks of 3 hour studio-based workshops plus 3 hours of asynchronous online activities
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025
    Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025
    Census date 1 September 2025
    Last date to withdraw without fail26 September 2025
    Assessment period ends21 November 2025

    Semester 2 contact information

    m.watkins@unimelb.edu.au

Time commitment details

170 hours

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Additional delivery details

Quota information

Semester 1 and 2: 60

This subject has an enrolment quota. Selection is automated and based on the order in which students enrol. Your enrolment in this subject guarantees a space unless you withdraw. If the subject is full, spaces may become available in the future as others withdraw. The only way to check this is by attempting to enrol. Please note that there are no waiting lists for this subject. As entry into this subject is based only on the order in which students enrol, special permission will not be offered to any students.

Last updated: 9 April 2025

Further information

Last updated: 9 April 2025