EDU40008: Arts Education_Assignment 1: Essay

EDU40008: Arts Education_Assignment 1: Essay

Word limit: 1600 words (+/- 10%), Weighting: 50%

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Assignment overview

This assignment requires you to argue a rationale for Arts education. There are two parts to this essay.

Firstly, you are asked to reflect on the value of creativity and the Arts within education using academic research to support your argument.

Secondly, you are asked to articulate your understanding of one of the three indicated Arts' learning areas/subjects with reference to the curriculum.

Assignment details

You are to write a 1600-word essay that consists of two parts:

Part A: You are to write an 800-word essay in response to the following question:

What is the value of creative arts in primary education?

Part B: You are to write an 800-word essay that addresses the following prompt:

Investigate the teaching and learning of one of the Arts learning areas/subjectseither Visual Arts, Music or Drama.