Module EFPM906 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM906: Arts Education Theory, Practice and Potential
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 develop knowledge through research and practice of how the arts can be brought together with each other and in interdisciplinary approaches
- To provide an introduction to the importance of the arts in educational futures
- To develop knowledge and understanding of specific issues related to learning and teaching the arts in different educational and cultural contexts
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental elements, characteristics, and creative processes of Art, Dance, Drama and Music 2. recognise ways in which the arts can contribute to learning in other subjects 3. identify, and demonstrate a systematic understanding of, the nature and value of the arts to educational futures 4. demonstrate a specialised knowledge of, and evaluate, the significance of learning and teaching the arts in different educational settings; |
| 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. 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 relating these to practice 9. present ideas in multi-modal ways, engaging in critical and reflective debate |
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.
Abbs P. (2003) Against the flow: Education, the arts and post modern culture. London: Routledge Falmer. Chapter 8: Art against the Zeitgeist and The Coda
Barnes, J. (2007) Cross curricular learning 3-14. London: Sage
Biesta, G. J. J. (2006). Beyond learning: Democratic education for a human future. Boulder: Paradigm.
Bresler, L. (Ed) (2007) International handbook for research in arts education. Dordrecht: Springer. (2 volumes)
Eisner, E.W. (2004) What Can Education Learn from the Arts about the Practice of Education? International Journal of Education and the Arts 5:4 pp1-12
Facer, K., Craft, A., Jewitt, C., Mauger, S., Sandford, R., Sharples, M. (2011). Building Agency in the Face of Uncertainty. Outcome of ESRC Seminar Series on Educational Futures (2009-11) –http://edfuturesresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Building-Agency-in-the-Face-of-Uncertainty-Thinking-Tool.pdf
Fleming, M. (2012) The arts in education: An introduction to aesthetics, theory and pedagogy. London: Routledge.
Goldberg, G. (2000) Arts and learning. New York: Longman
Harland, J., Lord, P & Stott, A. (2005) The arts-education interface: A mutual learning triangle? Slough: NFER.
Harland, J., Lord, P & Stott, A. (2000) Arts education in secondary schools: Effects and effectiveness. Slough: NFER.
Inayatullah, S. (2015). What works: Case studies in the practice of foresight. Taipei: Tamkang University Press.
Inayatullah, S., (2008). Mapping Educational Futures. Six Foundational Concepts and the Six Pillars Approach. In
Bussey, M., Inayatullah, S. & Milojevic, I. (eds). Alternative Educational Futures: Pedagogies for emergent worlds. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Robinson, K. (2015) Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education. Viking.
