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Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM224: Creativity and the Arts

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module's precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

• understanding creativity and how it can be framed; in particular Possibility Thinking and Wise Humanising Creativity as ways of understanding and nurturing creativity in the arts and beyond;
• exploring characteristics of the arts, discussing misapprehensions and raising questions about defining the arts in various cultural contexts;
• investigating the main theories of play, how they contribute to learning and relationship between play and creativity;
• exploring Possibility Thinking as a way of understanding and nurturing creativity in the arts and beyond;
• researching children's creativity in the arts and beyond;
• documenting and assessing creativity in the arts and beyond; develop knowledge and understanding of creative teaching and learning in particular through partnership;
• gaining an introduction to different pedagogical perspectives on learning and the implications for different teaching contexts and cultures.

The module seeks to enable you to apply approaches to creativity and the arts through active reflection on practice and theory with a focus on pedagogy alongside policy framing.  Independent, collaborative and peer to peer learning is also encouraged.  Core staff are joined by visiting lecturers who specialise in the applied areas such as arts-education partnership, student voice and participation; a visit is also usually made to a creative school.

This module descriptor captures two modes of delivery: campus-based (C) and blended (B).  In the Learning and Teaching section below there are two sets of numbers: one pertains to campus-based delivery and one to blended delivery.  Students enrolled on the blended mode will be expected to undertake more independent guided study than those on the campus-based mode.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

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