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Credit points: 5.6.
Coordinator: Kate Donelan.
Prerequisite: Teaching Method in Drama C and 91.7 credit points in Drama subjects including Drama C1 and C2.
Pre/Corequisite: (For each Teaching Method D) Satisfactory completion of Education Studies C, School Experience C and a minimum of 250 points credit in the course. Concurrent enrolment in Education Studies D and School Experience D12.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/seminar each week for a total of 15 weeks.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- articulate a rationale for drama in schools based on a sound theoretical framework for drama in education;
- demonstrate a knowledge of key issues influencing current curriculum practice in drama in Australian secondary schools;
- design drama curriculum appropriate for the secondary school;
- implement and evaluate drama curriculum to meet the needs of students within a specific educational context;
- demonstrate confidence and competence in using a range of teaching strategies appropriate to promote students' learning in the drama classroom; and
- understand the Curriculum and Standards Framework and the VCE in relation to drama in education.
Content:
An extension and application of previous drama studies, focusing on the methods and materials of drama education to meet the needs of students in secondary schools. Topics include: drama in education within the contemporary Australian and Victorian educational context; teaching strategies and structures to promote learning in the drama classroom; the content of the drama class; designing and teaching drama curriculum appropriate for a specific educational context; implementing the national and state arts curriculum frameworks and VCE Theatre Studies and Drama Study Designs; assessment and evaluation in drama.
Assessment:
Class tasks (25 per cent), a project of approximately 1,500 words (50 per cent) a written exercise of approximately 500 words (25 per cent).
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