Undergraduate - UnitEDF3303 - Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Nerissa Albon (Gippsland); Dr Peter De Vries (Peninsula)

Synopsis

In this unit students will construct, implement and evaluate learning experiences through engaging with and exchanging different forms of knowledge, including the arts, language and numeracy. Students will participate in research that involves them in critical engagements with a range of sign systems. Commonalities between the arts and numeracy will be established including colour, shape, line, form, tone, space, rhythm, time, texture, tactility, motion and various approaches to problem solving. Students will examine, critique and design interdisciplinary and integrated curriculum.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

develop an understanding of integrated curriculum as a pedagogy
critique integrated curriculum as a pedagogy
design, plan and evaluate integrated learning experiences for a range of learners
show an understanding of the connections between the arts, language and numeracy in an educational context.

Assessment

Research project (2000 words equivalent, 50%)
Integrated unit of work (2000 words equivalent, 50%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Peter De Vries

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

1 hour lecture per week
2 hour tutorial per week

(b.) Additional requirements

9 hours of independent study per week