ECA732 - Teaching Arts Education: Senior Years
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)^, Online* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: TBA |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D303, E377, E763, E765, E779 |
| Prerequisite: | E377, E779 and D303 students must have passed: ECA731 E763 and E765 students: EEE754, plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ECA432 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour online seminar per week |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during their professional experience (placement). For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Note:*Dance and Drama not available in online mode ^Media only available in online mode | |
Content
This unit is the second in a sequence undertaken by students completing an arts methodology specialisation for teaching in secondary schools (Dance, Drama, Media, Music, Visual Arts and/or visual communication design). The focus is on identifying contemporary arts curriculum initiatives in the senior years 11-12 of secondary schooling within contexts such as the classroom, the whole school and the broader community. Students will consider and critique a range of influences and initiatives in the Senior Secondary curriculum of their arts discipline area, with a focus on the curriculum of relevance to their proposed teaching context. The unit prepares students to interpret, design and develop practical and theoretical learning experiences and lessons. They will explore resources, pedagogical frameworks and teaching strategies that will enable them to prepare students to meet prescribed coursework and examination requirements.
ECA732 students should note that arts discipline methodology specialisations are available strictly as follows:
- visual arts and/or visual communication design - Burwood (Melbourne) or Online
- music - Burwood (Melbourne) or Online
- media - Online only
- dance - Burwood (Melbourne) on-campus only
- drama - Burwood (Melbourne) on-campus only
Students will engage with selected technologies integral to the creative process, learning and teaching in their discipline area. They will develop critical and creative thinking skills, interpersonal communication and intercultural understanding as they continue to analyse, reflect and build a philosophy of arts education.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Curriculum: Interpret and apply senior secondary year 12 study designs in your discipline-specific art form to plan and organize learning experiences that meet all of the areas of study and assessment requirements, including external assessments mandated by appropriate assessment authorities such as the VCAA. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Pedagogy: Apply safe, inclusive artful pedagogies and evidence-based strategies that meet the learning needs of diverse senior secondary learners in their final year/s of schooling. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Assessment: Learn to provide formative assessment and feedback to individual senior secondary learners as they navigate each of the arts areas of study that need to align with assessment authority guidelines, key dates, protocols, and mandated, and often externally assessed folios and examinations. | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Resourcing: Design, adapt, and/or make resources that can be used to consolidate or engage student learning in senior secondary arts education contexts. | GLO3: Digital Literacy |
| ULO5 | Evaluation: Develop an evaluation strategy that can be used by a pre-service teacher to reflect on what was effective in the plan and the teaching and how they can apply this data to improve the effectiveness of their practice in subsequent senior secondary arts teaching contexts. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Senior Secondary Study Design Portfolio Part 1 | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2: Senior Secondary Study Design Portfolio Part 2 | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ECA732 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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