EDF5130 · Drama, movement and theatre studies in secondary years B

Overview

This unit builds on your learning in EDF5129 Drama, movement and theatre studies in secondary years A, addressing the theory and practice of secondary school drama education. You will refine your cognitive understandings and develop your pedagogical skills as professional drama educators so you are able to meet the needs of diverse learners. Working collaboratively and exercising intellectual independence, you will critically engage with a range of theoretical, philosophical and pragmatic perspectives on drama education, including local and national curriculums. You will explore a range of national and international research in the area of drama education, and you are invited to conduct your own independent research in order to develop your scholarship and professionalism as a drama educator and to enable you to continue to build and communicate your developing expertise in a variety of educational settings.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate skills, knowledge and capabilities relevant to concepts in drama education
2. identify and critically analyse relevant education policy, theories, legislation and research, and apply these to pedagogical practice
3. design and implement relevant curriculum and pedagogy that responds to local and global learner needs in secondary drama contexts
4. recognise and respond to learner diversity through the considered application of competencies, pedagogical practices and the establishment of ethical relationships that support learner inclusion in drama
5. utilise and apply research skills in order to synthesise complex bodies of knowledge, extend professional understanding, and generate innovative solutions to complex challenges
6. demonstrate highly effective communication skills, including the ability to communicate and share skills and ideas with others through varied and appropriate formats.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.