80128 ARTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION A

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Full Unit Specifications
(Variations may occur between Day & External Offerings)


Credit Points 1.00

Synopsis


This unit explores the nature of the arts as individual disciplines as
well as examining them in the light of total integration in the
curriculum.  It incorporates visual arts, music drama, story telling
and story making.  The theme of creativity and multiple intelligences
flows throughout the unit.  Students will also be introduced to the
historical changes that have occurred over the years in the approaches
to the arts in early childhood education.