Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM228: Arts in the Curriculum

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

Module Aims

To develop knowledge and understanding of the nature of learning in and through the arts (Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Art);
To investigate the ways in which education systems value and conceptualise the arts in school curricula;
To investigate and appraise the different processes involved in creating and presenting; and
To develop knowledge through research and practice of how the arts can be brought together with other learning areas in cross curricular approaches

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental elements, characteristics, and creative processes of Art, Dance, Drama and Music; 2. identify and evaluate the aims for the arts in different curricula and different education systems; 3. critique examples of how learning in the arts is taught and learned in formal education; 4. recognise ways in which the arts can contribute to learning in other subjects;
Discipline-Specific Skills	5. reflect critically upon, and evaluate your own, understanding of learning and teaching in the arts, with an awareness of social and cultural context; 6. examine and appraise the module content, and research literature in order to question, modify and inform your own professional practice;
Personal and Key Skills	7. research, synthesise and organise ideas to present an argument; 8. undertake both directed and independent study to recognise, justify and analyse key ideas in the literature; 9. work collaboratively in small groups; and 10. present ideas in multi modal ways, and engage in critical and reflective debate.

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:

• Practical explorations of the elements of each art form and engagement with examples of learning and teaching through practice.
• Arts education and formal schooling – the influence of culture, history and policy.
• Cross curricular learning between the arts and across the curriculum
• Multi modal approaches to teaching and learning in and through the arts
• The impact of the arts on learning – what does research tell us?
• Using the environment as a stimulus for art making and aesthetic learning
• Narrative and storytelling: engaging with models of creative and collaborative processes

Learning and Teaching

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

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
30	270	0

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

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	30	15 x 2 hour lectures combined with seminars/workshops/tutorials
Guided Independent Study	80	Directed Study: preparation for seminars/workshops, including individual and group tasks
Guided independent study	90	Assignment preparation
Guided independent study	100	Self-Directed Study: additional reading/field visits

Online Resources

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

Other Learning Resources

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2937

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Basic reading:

• Arts Council England (2004) The Impact of The Arts: Some Research Evidence, London, ACE
• Bamford, A. (2006) Wow Factor, The: Global Research Compendium on the Impact of the Arts in Education, Germany:Waxman Verlag.
• Barnes J (2007) Cross Curricular Learning 3-14, London: Sage
• Bresler, L.(Ed) International Handbook for Research In Arts Education, Germany: Springer
• Fleming, M. (2012) The arts in education: an introduction to aesthetics, theory and pedagogy. London: Routledge

Goldberg, G.(2000) Arts and learning, New York and London: Addison Wesley Longman
• Harland,J.et al (2005) The arts-education interface : a mutual learning triangle? Slough: NFER
• Harland et al (2000) Arts Education in Secondary Schools: Effects and Effectiveness, Slough: NFER