Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM906: Arts Education Theory, Practice and Potential

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:

Arts education– the influence of culture, history and policy
Practical explorations of the elements of each art form and engagement with examples of learning and teaching through practice.
Inter-disciplinary learning between the arts and across curricula
Multi modal approaches to teaching and learning in and through the arts
How educational futures are informed by creativity and learning in the arts
Inclusion and alternative approaches to teaching and learning exemplified through art forms
Tensions and dilemmas within different ways of thinking about the arts in educational futures

Independent, collaborative and peer to peer learning is encouraged. The module staff are well-connected to regional and international arts specialists and practitioners and the module usually includes connections to them.

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
30.5	269.5	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	10 x 3 hour seminar/lectures/workshops/tutorials
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	0.5	Academic tutorial
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 and practice

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.

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.