Expressive Arts Practice

This module will deeply immerse participants in their chosen field of Expressive Arts Practice.

Participants can, through the mediums of visual arts, music, drama, dance or cross-arts, form, test, and communicate ideas in a singular or integrated manner reflecting the spirit of the contemporary curricula such as Curriculum for Excellence.  It will provide time to allow immersion in your chosen area(s) as well as provide a challenging overview of the concepts, principles, and theoretical perspectives that underpin the expressive arts in education.  It will examine in detail a range of practices such as ‘interdisciplinary’, ‘arts-infused’, ‘cross-disciplinary’ and ‘arts-based’ and examines their implications for the school environment and arts practice.

In general this module will give expression to our understanding of the role of the expressive arts in education and will prepare you for their critical pedagogical application.  Through this expressive arts module participants practical, intellectual, personal and social development will be enhanced along with the developing their capacity to lead the field.

Participants will also have the opportunities to experience group and partnership working in variety of expressive arts areas through online and other forms of engagement such as galleries and museums. 

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

• Engage confidently in the handling of materials and methods across their chosen area of  arts practice.
• Discuss and evaluate a range of concepts, principles, and theoretical perspectives that underpin the expressive arts in education.
• Undertake critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of ideas, concepts, information and issues associated with the expressive arts in education.
• Create a multi-modal Learning Journal.

This is an SCQF Level 11 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 20 credits.

Delivery 

The module will be delivered at Paisley and Ayr campuses and by distance learning.  A full timetable will be published in advance of course commencement.

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Dr Diarmuid McAuliffe.

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.  If you do not meet this criteria, please enquire here.