Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Amanda Niland
Contact via amanda.niland@mq.edu.au
X5B292 office
Lecturer
Jenny Nicholls
Contact via iLearn private dialogue
Peter Whiteman
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
48cp or admission to GDipAdvStEc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit enables students to explore creativity and its role in teaching, learning, innovation and art making for both adults and children. Students engage in an exploration of theory and research which relate to definitions of creativity and imagination. In the unit, students investigate the creativity of young children and the role of creativity in their learning, exploring cognitive, affective and imaginative aspects of creativity through forms of art relevant to early childhood. Students also explore their own creativity through practical experiences in a variety of art form areas and through independent work towards an original major creative project.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Summary of assessment: A journal for reflections on lectures and readings, a creative process journal, a major creative work.
Assessment rationale: Assessment provides opportunities for students to show evidence of their understanding of theories of creativity, explore their own creativity and apply this to children’s learning.
Please note: You are required to submit all assignments. Failure to do so will result in a fail grade for the unit.
General assessment requirements
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Reflective Journal | 40% | from end week 1 |
Creative journal | 20% | ongoing to 16 November |
Major Creative Work | 40% | 16th November |
Due: from end week 1
Weighting: 40%
Starting in week 1 of the semester you are expected to submit 5 postings related to specified lectures and unit readings. These are located in the relevant weekly sections of the iLearn site, under the heading Assessment. The due dates are shown on iLearn. Each posting is due by Sunday evening of the week AFTER the readings are done, so that you have the weekend available to finalise the week’s task.
There will be questions or focus topics set out each week, based on the week’s content and on individual investigations and experiences.
Assessment criteria
Due: ongoing to 16 November
Weighting: 20%
For this unit, you will need to keep a Creative Journal (or Process Diary). You might like to purchase a sketchbook specifically for this purpose (depending on your personal preferences, this might be A3, A4 or A5 sized), or, if you prefer, you might like to have a folder or a digital document that you add to over the semester.
In your creative journal, as well as describing and analysing the creative processes of your chosen major creative work (and related explorations of techniques, subject matter, influences of other artists etc), you should also include photographs, jottings, sketches and notes that make visible your creative processes.
There is no set format for the journal, as it is part of your own creative exploration and documentation of a creative journal.
For the written components of your creative journal, you are required to write at least 4 entries, at least 200 words each, documenting the progress of your major work. Four entries are submitted for ongoing assessment through the semester. See Student Planner in iLearn for the submission dates.
THESE 4 WRITTEN ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO TURNITIN. If needed, please include photos, screen shots or scanned copies of material from your hard copy journal. The written entries should also be included in your hard copy journal, so that this represents full documentation of your process and journey about the making of your major work.
FIRST CREATIVE JOURNAL ENTRY DUE 23 AUGUST
Assessment criteria
Due: 16th November
Weighting: 40%
You are required create an original artwork suitable for sharing with young children and with potential to enhance their creative engagement with the arts. Your creative product is not to be specifically designed as a teaching aid. However it could of course be used in a classroom as part of a curriculum, just as books, music or visual art works are used.
You must specify a target age group between birth and 12 years and justify your choice (in your journal).
Projects may include:
· an artwork e.g. painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, fabric art
· a picture book or poetry anthology
· music or songs, dance
· drama (could be puppetry, including making of puppets)
· digital media
Marking criteria (Major Creative Work):
The art work shows originality
The art work shows the artist’s creative thinking and problem-solving
The artwork effectively communicates ideas through selected media and techniques
The art work is appropriate for chosen age group
The art work has potential to inspired children’s creative engagement
The art work is of high aesthetic quality and presentation
The art work is appropriately durable and safe for sharing with children
NOTE: While the above criteria relate to the artwork, journal entries will be assessed concurrently, so that all criteria can be fully explored by markers.
This unit is offered in internal and external mode
Attendance at lectures, workshops and/or 2 on campus days,is a compulsory requirement of this unit.
Internal students will attend a 1-hour lecture and 2-hour tutorial classes every week on the university campus. Timetable / location details for these tutorials can be found on the University website at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
External students enrolled in this unit will attend two on campus sessions, scheduled for 18 and 19 September. If you foresee problems in attending the sessions, please let the Unit Coordinator know as soon as possible. Non-attendance can lead to exclusion from the Unit, so it is essential that you discuss difficulties or concerns with the Unit Coordinator. All lectures are digitally recorded and video captured live and available through the ECHO360 facility for you to listen to weekly. In some cases, lecture slides will also be posted on the unit website.
All readings are available on eReserve.
The full list of readings for ECH454 is available on iLearn.
Part 1: Introduction to Creativity
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Week 1: Introduction to Creativity (27 July) This week you are required to listen to an recorded lecture, complete set readings and watch a documentary (link in iLearn). Lecture by Clare Britt |
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Creativity and visual arts Lecture and Workshop by Adele Maskel further information in iLearn |
Creative writing - Creativity and picture books Lecture and workshop by Amanda Niland further information in iLearn |
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Creativity and visual arts Lecture and workshop by Adele Maskel further information in iLearn |
Professional experience and mid-semester break |
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Creativity and visual arts Lecture and workshop by Adele Maskel further information in iLearn
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Creativity with Drama further information in iLearn Lecture and Workshop by Jenny Nicholls |
Creativity with music and poetry - exploring the world of words and sound further information in iLearn Lecture and Workshop by Amanda Niland |
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Creativity and Early Childhood Teacher Identity Lecture and workshop by Leanne Lavina further information in iLearn |
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Part 5: Creating a Major Work
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Major works sessions Students will create an original artwork suitable for sharing with young children and with potential to enhance their creative engagement with the arts. Projects may include:
Students will be able to consult with the unit staff regarding their proposed major works to discuss possibilities during these sessions. Workshops and consultations by Adele Maskell, Amanda Niland, Jenny Nicholls |
Major works exhibition (23rd November) This will be a chance to celebrate and enjoy everyone’s creativity. All works will be exhibited from the day after the due date. Students will have a chance to view and give feedback on all works. Refreshments will be provided at the opening. |
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Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
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Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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03/08/2015 | Some assessment submission dates have been changed. |