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EDMT5530: Creative Arts K-6
2025 unit information
This unit comprises four Creative Arts components: Drama, Visual Arts, Music and Dance. It combines both theoretical and practical/studio work across a range of art forms appropriate for K - 6 classrooms. The unit provides students with an understanding of the importance of the Arts both as powerful learning and teaching strategies across the primary curriculum and as creative arts in their own right.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 4 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points including EDMT5676 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand the rationale for including the Creative Arts in the NSW curriculum
- LO2. Develop and demonstrate understanding of the various Elements, Concepts, Forms and Subject Matter of Drama, Visual Arts, Music and Dance as outlined in the NSW Creative Arts Syllabus
- LO3. Gain the skills and confidence to effectively teach engaging Creative Arts experiences for primary aged children in the classroom
- LO4. Reflect critically about how the Creative Arts can be used as a powerful tool to develop learning across the NSW K-6 curriculum
- LO5. Become creative and imaginative thinkers; begin to understand how the Creative Arts develop critical thinking skills and acknowledges the importance of different perspectives and learning styles.
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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