PRT2202 Educating the Creative Person (FOEDU)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 2.0 (Nursing Education Teacher Trai) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course encourages individual and co-operative development of basic skills for teaching in each of the arts syllabus strands, focusing on how creativity is fostered and developed through constructivist teaching approaches and authentic assessment. Students will have the opportunity to engage in experiences to develop personal expression, aesthetic judgement and critical awareness thus enabling them to become more responsive to children's creative needs. At all times during the course the teaching environment and safety aspects will be considered. Students in this course will participate in an associated professional experience of fifteen (15) days during which they will be encouraged to apply their learning from the course and from which they should be able to bring fresh insights to the course work. Information communication technologies will be embedded throughout this course.