Implementing Dramatic Processes

Subject EDUC90497 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2011.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 17 hours total, including: 10 hours over the 5 day intensive period in July (during the Victorian school winter holidays), 7 hours on one day during the last teaching week in semester 2
Total Time Commitment: 120 hours total commitment. Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.
Prerequisites: You must have successfully completed the following subject/s prior to enrolling in this subject
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Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Subject Overview: Following the second intensive program, students will plan, implement, document and evaluate a unit of advanced teaching of Shakespeare or teaching of other complex texts, involving dramatic process, in their school or other educational context. They will use the pedagogy and techniques to which they were introduced by the drama staff during EDUC90496 Shakespeare and dramatic pedagogy. Each phase of the work will be supported by readings and weekly on-line discussion forums and tutorials. There will be ongoing whole-group discussions and shared reporting of their projects at the conclusion of the subject.
Objectives:

Students will:

  • Learn to plan, implement and evaluate the teaching of Shakespearean and other complex texts;
  • Practise a range of pedagogical skills and new techniques in teaching Shakespeare and other complex texts;
  • Understand contemporary issues in the teaching of complex texts.
Assessment:

There will be two items of assessment.

Item 1: Unit of work. (1, 600 words) 40per cent. (Due 6 weeks after the intensive period)

Item 2: Evaluation of unit. (2, 400 words) 60per cent. (Due end of semester 2)

Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: On completion of this subject students should:
  • have a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship;
  • have an in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s);
  • have a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem solving and communication;
  • be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
  • have expanded their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects;
  • have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
  • have initiated and implemented constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces;
  • have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations;
  • be able to mentor future generations of learners;
  • be able to engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs;
  • have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community.
Related Course(s): Postgraduate Certificate in the Teaching of Shakespeare

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