| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Drama Curriculum 1 |
| Unit ID: | EDBED3042 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (At least 3 Drama content courses) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 070105 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit is designed to enable pre-service teachers to become skilled, creative and knowledgeable Drama teachers who will promote and advocate for Drama and theatre in the years 7-10 secondary school context. The aim is to develop critical, imaginative and reflective practitioners, who can design curriculum, use a range of appropriate teaching and learning approaches, as well as effective assessment strategies that enhance learning. This unit promotes the arts as a means of improving social and emotional wellbeing and connectedness in the community. Pre-service teachers will continue to develop and refine their personal skills, techniques and understandings and will have opportunities to perform and work with young people in a range of contexts. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Understand how students learn in the context of Drama. |
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| K2. | Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies related to Drama at years 7-10. |
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| K3. | Develop understandings of current educational theories and philosophies as they relate to Drama. |
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| K4. | Identify what effective Drama teachers know and do in relation to the use of a range of teaching strategies, effective lesson and curriculum design, ensuring inclusivity, appropriate text selection, and assessment approaches. |
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| K5. | Know a range of resources, including ICT, which will engage students in learning. |
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| K6. | Develop a critical awareness of the state of contemporary Australian drama as well as the history of the Performing Arts in this country and beyond. |
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| K7. | Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies and their application related to Drama. |
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| K8. | Build a range of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Reflect critically on practice and be open to feedback in order to become highly skilled, creative and imaginative Drama teachers. |
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| S2. | Set goals and adapt curriculum for a wide range of abilities, characteristics, skills and interests. |
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| S3. | Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence. |
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| S4. | Plan lesson sequences and classroom activities using knowledge of student learning, classroom management techniques, content and effective teaching strategies. |
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| S5. | Apply a range of teaching and learning strategies including literacy and numeracy strategies. |
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| S6. | Show initiative, creative flexibility and the capacity to adapt skills to a variety of students and educational environments. |
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| S7. | Give effective feedback to others and apply a range of assessment strategies. |
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| S8. | Develop a capacity to communicate verbally, non-verbally and in concrete, clear and abstract terms. |
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| S9. | Develop a capacity for kinaesthetic awareness. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Create a written journal over time to demonstrate ability to reflect, record observations, develop ideas and self-evaluate. |
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| A2. | Design and analysis of a curriculum unit applying planning skills, content knowledge, pedagogical understandings, research skills, assessment strategies and policy knowledge. |
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| A3. | Plan, teach and evaluate a Drama lesson for year 7 to 10 students. |
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| Unit Content: |
- Current educational theories about teaching and learning Drama.
- Teaching Drama at junior levels with an explicit focus on games, exercises, teaching strategies and drama and theatrical skills.
- Improvisation and play building with young people based on original material.
- Explore the concepts, substance and structure of the content of Drama curriculum.
- Planning and sequencing curriculum and lessons and using time creatively and effectively.
- Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies as applied to Drama.
- Knowledge of a range of resources, including ICT, that engage students in their learning.
- Values education with a focus on contemporary issues affecting young people.
- Understanding and responding to the social, emotional and learning needs of a variety of young people in the school setting.
- Providing feedback and assessing dramatic performances using a range of assessment strategies.
- Building outreach programs into the community such as youth theatre groups, community arts events, festivals and celebrations.
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8 S1, S6, S8 A1 APST 2.1. 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 5.1 | Create a written journal over time which combines personal reflections, understandings about student learning and social and emotional factors which impact on learning, professional log, theoretical elements, task responses, resources, note-taking, personal growth, teaching approaches, teaching objectives and classroom observations. | Learning Journal | 30-40% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8 S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, A2, APST 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 | Design a curriculum unit including lesson sequences, teaching and learning strategies (including literacy and numeracy strategies), resources (including ICT) and assessment tasks and approaches to cater for diverse learners and for implementation in Years 7-10 Drama. | Curriculum Design | 30-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K 8 S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9 A3 APST 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 | Design, teach and critically evaluate a drama lesson for year 7 – 10 students applying planning skills, content knowledge, Pedagogical understandings, effective teaching strategiesfor diverse learners, assessment strategies and policy knowledge. | Teaching Performance | 30-40% |
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