Postgraduate Module Descriptor


EFPM320: Issues of Policy and Practice in Arts Education

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:

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 ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / 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:

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities24 (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 Activities12 (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 Activities6 (C)Face to face or online seminars or debates facilitated by tutors
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities6 (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).

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.

Addison, N. & Burgess, L. (Eds.) (2012) Debates in art and design education.  London: Routledge.

Abbs, P. (2003) Against the flow: Education, the arts and post modern culture.  London: Routledge Falmer

Bodilly, S. & Augustine, C.H. (2008) Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-wide Coordination.  Santa Monica, CA: Rand.  [Also available online: http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/arts-education/Community-Approaches-to-Building-Arts-Education/Documents/Revitalizing-Arts-Education-Through-Community-Wide-Coordination.pdf ]

CAPE UK (2008) Teacher Artist Partnership Programme (TAPP): Perspectives from the Literature.  Leeds, CapeUK.   Available here: http://www.capeuk.org/assets/files/CapeUK_TAPP_02.pdf

David Wood Consultants (2012). Creative Partnerships Change Schools Programme Synoptic Evaluation 2011. Newcastle: Creativity, Culture and Education.

Department for Education (2013) Cultural Education, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cultural-education,

Green,L. (2008) Music, Informal Learning and the School, Ashgate

OECD (2013) Art for Art’s Sake, http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/arts.htm

Peppler, K. (2011) New opportunities for interest-driven arts learning in a digital age.  Available online:http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/arts-education/key-research/Pages/New-Opportunities-for-Interest-Driven-Arts-Learning-in-a-Digital-Age.aspx

UNESCO (2006) Road Map for Arts Education http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/CLT/pdf/Arts_Edu_RoadMap_en.pdf

Zakaras, L & Lowell, J. F. (2008) Cultivating demand for the arts: Arts learning, arts engagement, and state arts policy.  Available online:  http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/audience-development-for-the-arts/key-research/Documents/Arts-Learning-and-Arts-Engagement.pdf