Module Details

Module Code: EDUC7019
Title: Learning through Creativity
Long Title: Learning through Creativity
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2020/21 ( September 2020 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 1420 - Education Studies
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module will focus on how best to use the Arts and creativity as a pedagogical tool within the early childhood education and care and primary years sector. Students will devise developmentally appropriate learning opportunities/schemes of work for children from birth to three, three to six and six to twelve. Creative avenues of investigation and exploration, through the Arts will be explored using an Inquiry Based Learning Transdisciplinary approach. National Curriculum, Frameworks, Regulation and Guidelines (e.g. Aistear and Síolta/ Irish Primary Years Curriculum) will inform the structure, delivery and assessment of the module.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Attain competence within a range of Artistic disciplines in the context of Early Childhood and Primary Years Education.
LO2 Explain Inquiry Based Learning as an approach to fostering creativity in the child age ranges of birth to three, three to six, and six to twelve.
LO3 Illustrate the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for devising appropriate learning opportunities and lesson plans within the Arts.
LO4 Construct provocations to promote avenues of inquiry leading to developmentally appropriate authentic learning opportunities for children, aged birth to three, three to six and six to twelve.
LO5 Effectively communicate a knowledge and awareness of health and safety issues pertaining to the Arts in an Early Childhood and Primary Years Education context.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Inquiry Based Transdisciplinary Learning
Constructivist Learning and Theorists: Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky and Freire; transcend traditional disciplinary/subject boundaries through the Arts; intellectual engagement; active involvement of child in learning; Inquiry as a central component in effective learning; child as inquirer; child as researcher; self initiated learning; learning through problem solving, experimentation, hypothesising, researching; child agency; iterative learning.
Creativity and Cognition
Creative-play; expression and communication; problem-solving and thinking skills; risk-taking. Imagination and originality through creative processes; employing transdisciplinary approaches to education; learning and development through experiences and environment; enabling environments and materials which result in intrinsically motivated involvement of child; appropriate questioning for learning; quality creative learning indicators.
Arts Education
Creative and Arts awareness; communication and expression; free and guided creative play; selecting appropriate provocations; exploring transient art, small world and pretend play; examining the theory of loose parts; developmentally appropriate learning targets; communicating objectives and methodologies as per an inquiry based learning transdisciplinary approach; utilising materials such as lightboxes, provocation trays and projectors effectively and efficiently; addressing social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language development; subject linkage; health and safety considerations.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 60
Timing Every Week Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
Arts-based teaching plans
Assessment Type Practical/Skills Evaluation % of Total Mark 40
Timing Every Second Week Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
Set up and evaluate inquiry-based transdisciplinary learning provocations.
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lab Contact Creative Arts Workshop Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Learning Non Contact Creative Learning Portfolio Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lab Contact Creative Arts Workshops Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Learning Non Contact Creative Learning Portfolio Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Jerry E Twitchell. (2019), Teaching Art in the Primary Grades: Sailing through 1 2 3 Grades, Redemption Press, [ISBN: 1683145712].
  • Zoï Kapoula (Editor), Emmanuelle Volle (Editor), Julien Renoult (Editor), Moreno Andreatta (Editor). (2018), Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and Sciences, Springer, Swizerland, [ISBN: 3030093913].
  • Erika Christakis. (2017), The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups, Penguin Books, USA, [ISBN: 9780143129981].
  • Douglas A. Johnson. (2015), Teaching Outside the Lines: Developing Creativity in Every Learner, Sage, United Kingdom, [ISBN: 1483370163].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_HMOED_8 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Montessori Education 4 Mandatory