Arts Practice and Engagement

Subjects

• Drama, Education and Wellbeing

  Subject code: EDUC20086
  Level: 2

  Explore the connection between taking part in drama activities and wellbeing. Through a series of practical workshops, you will examine how drama techniques can promote young people’s wellbeing in educational and community settings. You will investigate current trends in the ways in which drama-in-education processes are being used to foster the social and emotional learning of young people; and you’ll create the outline of a drama and wellbeing program targeted to a specific audience to illustrate your understanding of these trends.

  For more information see the Handbook.

• Drawing, Painting and Sensory Knowing

  Subject code: EDUC10054
  Level: 1

  Exploring a range of drawing and painting methods, you will investigate ‘sensory knowing’ with reference to artful pedagogy, children’s early symbolisation through art, visual perception and visual design.

  Through studio practice linked to learning theories, you will develop a folio of work that demonstrates artful skills and expression.

  For more information see the Handbook.

• Music, Learning and Popular Musicians

  Subject code: EDUC10058
  Level: 1

  Explore the nature of pop, rock, blues and folk musicians' informal learning practices, by forming your own band and selecting, composing/arranging, recording and performing your chosen music.

  You will learn how musicians acquire some or all of their skills and knowledge informally, conduct research (including site visits), discuss and analyse music videos, music related digital technologies and selected readings.

  For more information see the Handbook.

• Printing, Collage and Social Engagement

  Subject code: EDUC20077
  Level: 2

  Explore the art making processes of printing and collage, and their diverse purposes as forms of communication and social engagement.

  You will experience a range of printmaking techniques including lino printing, etching, screen printing and collographs, as well as collage-making techniques. Drawing on your printing and collage artmaking, you will engage in a collaborative art exchange with children artists from a local school, and in a negotiated community project.

  This subject is for students with varied prior experiences in visual arts practice.

  For more information see the Handbook.

• Singing, Song Writing and Youth Music

  Subject code: EDUC20085
  Level: 2

  The subject explores the ways young people use music, including digital technologies and the internet, to compose, perform and record for their audiences both real and virtual. Classes will involve practical singing and song writing activities alongside research inquiries involving virtual and real-life youth music site visits, readings and discussion.

  Opportunities will be provided to engage with digital music technologies, musical instruments and recording studio sessions.

  For more information see the Handbook.

• Spontaneous Drama: Improv and Communities

  
  Subject code: EDUC10053
  Level: 1

  Learn about improvised drama and theatre from the perspective of performer and audience, its application in the community and how it can be used in contemporary theatre, as a tool for learning and other life skills.

  You will take part in weekly drama/theatre improvisation workshops, culminating in a class presentation, and conduct a research project looking at the work of leading improvisors.

  For more information see the Handbook.