Module Details

Module Code: CHLD C2701
Module Title: Creative Arts Practice for School-Aged Children
Title: Creative Arts Practice for School-Aged Children
Module Level:: 6
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Janette Davies
Module Author:: Caroline French
Domains:  
Module Description: This module will enable students to understand environments that will provide children with a wide range of experiences in creative arts practices. Students will be enabled to plan and implement meaningful, integrated experiences in the visual arts, music, creative drama, and movement.
They will examine picture books, fiction, drama, and poetry written for children and explore the theory, content, and practice of integrating the literary and performing arts into the learning environments. Emphasis is placed on aesthetic development of young children through picture books and poetry. Students will be immersed in the best of children’s literature and will gain a familiarity with contemporary children’s literature; with a sharpened ability to analyse and incorporate a literary text into a creative environment.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Understand the components of creative environments
LO2 Demonstrate knowledge of the centrality of creative arts in education and recognize the right of the child to participate in cultural life and the arts.
LO3 Plan approaches and methodologies for an arts curriculum.
LO4 Develop child-centered creative responses to children’s literature.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Developing Creativity and Curiosity
What is creativity all about? The origins of creativity. The benefits of creativity. The social, educational and political context for creativity. The impact of creativity on early brain development.
Principles for creative curriculums.
The importance of the arts and creativity for children's learning, critical thinking, social interaction and self-regulation. Creating the conditions for creativity. Respecting and promoting the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic expression. Using different art forms in early years practice. Creative practices and pedagogies.
Selecting and Evaluating Children’s Literature
Overview of the Genres of Children’s Literature. Quality literature in each genre. Developing appreciation of children's literature. select books that represent the diverse populations evident in early years environments.
Eliciting meaningful and creative responses to children’s literature.
Adapting stories into a dramatic structure for young children. Devising and planning creative responses to children’s poetry & literature, music movement & art
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Portfolio % of Total Mark 100
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes  
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
n/a
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description 12 Weeks per Stage 2.00 24
Estimated Learner Hours Non Contact No Description 15 Weeks per Stage 6.73 101
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 1.50 1.5
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Julie Johnson & Ann Watts. (2018), Developing Creativity and Curiosity Outdoors :How to Extend Creative Learning in the Early Years, Routledge, London, p.190.
  • Mary Mayesky. (2014), Creative Activities and Curriculum for Young Children, Cengage Learning, p.624, [ISBN: 9781285428178].
  • Judy Herr. (2012), Creative Resources for the Early Childhood Classroom, Cengage Learning, p.768, [ISBN: 9781111831028].
  • Mary Roche. (2015), Developing Children's Critical Thinking Through Picturebooks, Routledge, London, [ISBN: 9780415727723].
  • David Roy,William Baker,Amy Hamilton. (2015), Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood & Primary Education, Cambridge University Press, p.392, [ISBN: 9781107433670].
  • Sinead E. Kelly. (2014), Creative Arts for Early Childhood, Gill Education, p.192, [ISBN: 9780717159741].
  • Ruth Churchill Churchill Dower. (2019), Creativity and the Arts in Early Childhood, Jessica kingsley, [ISBN: 9781785926136].
  • Stacy, S. (2011), The Unscripted Classroom: Emergent Curriculum in Action, Redleaf Press [ISBN: 1605540368.
  • Roger McDonald. (2017), The Really Useful Drama Book: Using Picturebooks to Inspire Imaginative Learning, Routledge, London, p.164.
  • Mary Mayesky. (2014), Creative Activities and Curriculum for Young Children, Cengage Learning, p.624, [ISBN: 9781285428178].
Supplementary Article/Paper Resources
  • Georgina Barton Griffith University, Australia. (2015), Arts-based educational research in the early years, International Research in Early Childhood Education, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2015.
Other Resources
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