Postgraduate Module Descriptor


EFPM906: Arts Education Theory, Practice and Potential

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessmentSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Critical reflection on workshop (written)1000 words1-8Written tutor feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
10000

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Written assignment 352,500 words 1-7Written tutor feedback
Online presentation and critical commentary655 minute presentation (1000 word equivalence) and 3, 000 words1-8Written tutor feedback

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
Written assignmentWritten assignment1-76 weeks
Online presentation and critical commentaryOnline presentation and critical commentary1-86 weeks

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

Amsler, S. and Facer, K., (2017). Contesting anticipatory regimes in education: exploring alternative educational orientations to the future. Futures (94) pp.6-14.

Athiemoolam, L. (2018). The value of drama-in-education as a decolonising pedagogy through embodied drama strategies in a higher education classroom Journal of Education, Issue 72 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i72a04

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. 

Harland, J., Lord, P & Stott, A. (2005) The arts-education interface: A mutual learning triangle? Slough: NFER.

Inayatullah, S. (2015). What works: Case studies in the practice of foresight. Taipei: Tamkang University Press.

Hatton, K. (2015). Chapter 1: Towards an Inclusive Arts Education, pp1-12. In K. Hatton (Ed) Towards and Inclusive Arts Education. London: IOE Press.

Inayatullah, S., (2008). Mapping Educational Futures. Six Foundational Concepts and the Six Pillars Approach.   

Bussey, M., Inayatullah, S. & Milojevic, I. (eds).        Alternative Educational Futures:  Pedagogies for emergent worlds. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Londesborough, M., Partridge, L., Bath, N. and Grinsted, S. (2017). Learning about Culture. London: RSA.

Robinson, K. (2015) Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education.  Viking.

Sabol, F. (2013). Seismic shifts in the educational landscape: What do they mean for arts education and arts education policy. Arts Education Policy Review, 114, 1, 33-45.