The Arts: Visual Arts and Media in the Early Years (11992.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Education |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Academic Program Area - Education | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Children use visual arts methods to make sense of the world around them. In this hands-on unit students will learn how to support children to think like artists. Students will engage with a range of materials and a variety of visual arts making techniques with an emphasis on making meaning through material exploration and play. Students will examine theory and research that underpins the practice of visual arts pedagogy and how to apply that to design and implement innovative and authentic visual arts programming into the Early Years learning environment. This unit includes field trips to visit local art works.
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the elements of art and how to teach them;
2. Develop skills and confidence in a variety of visual arts and media methods;
3. Plan and design authentic visual arts and media learning experiences that include a range of techniques and material exploration strategies appropriate for 0-5 years; and
4. Use sustainable materials and approaches to art making.
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Demonstrate knowledge of the elements of art and how to teach them;
2. Develop skills and confidence in a variety of visual arts and media methods;
3. Plan and design authentic visual arts and media learning experiences that include a range of techniques and material exploration strategies appropriate for 0-5 years; and
4. Use sustainable materials and approaches to art making.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Mrs Katy Meeuwissen |
2024 | UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Mrs Katy Meeuwissen |
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