Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM320: Issues of Policy and Practice in Arts Education

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

Module Aims

This module aims to help you to:

develop knowledge and understanding of contemporary perspectives on good practice in arts education in and out of formal education interrogate the role and value of arts education partnerships

develop an understanding of the role of policy in arts education curricula and practices using national and international contexts

develop knowledge and understanding of approaches to evaluation and assessment in arts education and how outcomes are used

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 increased breadth and depth of knowledge of policies and practices that relate to your areas of expertise and interest (ie in one or more arts disciplines); 2. develop appropriate modes of assessment and evaluation for arts educational outcomes; 3. demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the role of arts partnerships in education;
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. develop a critical response to professional and policy literature that relates to arts education; 5. demonstrate skills relevant to assessment and evaluation processes;
Personal and Key Skills	6. undertake both directed and independent study to recognise, justify and analyse key ideas in the literature and relate to practice; 7. work collaboratively in small groups with peers; 8. present ideas verbally and through writing; and engage in critical 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:

Issues raised by recent national policies for arts and cultural education

International perspectives on arts education policies

Good practice in arts pedagogies

Alternative arts pedagogies

The nature, role and value Arts education partnerships

Assessment and evaluation in formal and non formal arts education contexts

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:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
30 (C) 18 (B)	270 (C) 282 (B)	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	24 (C)	(C): 2 x 1.5 hr lecture, 4 x 1.5 hr workshops, 2 x 1.5hr seminars (2 Saturdays with (B) students) AND 8 x 1.5 hr lectures/seminars
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	12 (B)	(B): 2 x 1.5 hr lectures, 4 x 1.5 hr workshops, 2 x 1.5hr seminars (2 Saturdays with (C) students)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	6 (C)	Face to face or online seminars or debates facilitated by tutors
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	6 (B)	Face to face or online seminars or debates facilitated by tutors
Guided independent study	32 (B)	Independent Study using online directed tasks to study key aspects of arts pedagogies in specialist field arts practice
Guided independent study	80 (C)	Directed study: preparatory work for taught sessions including reading; research tasks; collaborative tasks
Guided independent study	60 (B)	Directed study: preparatory work for taught sessions including reading; research tasks; collaborative tasks
Guided independent study	90 (C) (B)	Assignment preparation
Guided independent study	100 (C) (B)	Self-directed study

Online Resources

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