| Module Title |
Creativity in ECE 1 (a focus on Art) |
| Module Code |
ECE1016 (ITS: EC102) |
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Faculty |
DCU Institute of Education |
School |
Language, Literacy & ECE |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
This module focuses on creative learning through art in early childhood. The students will engage with literature relating to the artistic and creative development of the child from infancy to six years of age. The principles of early learning and development and the adult’s role in supporting children’s early learning and development underpin this module. Links between art and play will be investigated. A range of art activities in different media will be designed to reflect the four themes of the Aistear curriculum: Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating and Exploring and Thinking. The art elements: space, colour, line, texture, pattern and form will be explored in a playful way through art-making and appreciating. Key concepts relating to creativity, playfulness, experimentation, problem-solving and multi-modal self-expression will be emphasised.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss with reference to relevant literature the artistic and creative development of the child from infancy to six years of age
2. Identify and share with parents the potential for integrating art activities with play and other areas of learning in early childhood
3. Design, plan, implement and assess a range of art activities which promote creative learning in early childhood in line with the themes of the Aistear framework
4. Explore through art activities the development of concepts relating to colour, form, texture, pattern, line and spatial relationships
5. Develop creative art activities which encourage personal meaning making and self-expression for a diverse group of young children
6. Demonstrate how responding to artworks can be used to stimulate imaginative thinking, visual literacy, language development, and creative art-making.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Workshop | 24 | No Description | | Assessment Feedback | 72 | No Description | | Assessment Feedback | 29 | No Description |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 10336 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | N | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Marlene Mccormack | Module Teacher | Geraldine French, Grainne McKenna |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Written Exam | Essay (Research literature on art and creative learning in early childhood) | 50% | n/a | | Essay | Co assessed with BECE107. Art samples / plans for art activities/photographs/ films of art activities undertaken with children (subject to ethical guidelines) | 50% | n/a |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Topic 1
Literature and research on Art and Child development.
Topic 2
“The child must be the designer” Creative learning through art and play.
Topic 3
Exploring the themes of Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating and Exploring and Thinking through art-making and appreciating.
Topic 4
Designing, implementing and assessing a range of practical art activities using the themes above to explore colour, texture, form, pattern, line and spatial relationships with
(a) babies
(b) toddlers
(c) young children.
Topic5
Personal mean-making through art: multi-modal self-expression.
Topic 6
Responding to artworks: Imaginative thinking, visual literacy, language development and creative art-making.
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- Elliot W. Eisner: 2004, The arts and the creation of mind, 1, 10, Yale University Press, New Haven, 280, 9780300105117
- Rhoda Kellogg: 1970, Analyzing children's art, 1, Mayfield Pub.Co., Mountain View, CA, 308, 0874841968
- Viktor Lowenfeld, W. Lambert Brittain: 1982, Creative and mental growth, 8, Macmillan ; c1987., New York, 510, 0023721103
- John Matthews: 1994, Helping children to draw & paint in early childhood, 1, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 144, 0340589116
- edited by David Whitebread: 2003, Teaching and learning in the early years, 2, RoutledgeFalmer, London, 456, 0415280486
- Rosemary Althouse, Margaret H. Johnson, Sharon T. Mitchell; foreword by Carol Seefeldt: 2003, The colors of learning, 1, 8, Teachers College Press ; Washington, New York, 168, 0807742740
- W. Lambert Brittain: 1979, Creativity, art, and the young child, 1, Macmillan, New York, 288, 0023149906
- by Howard Gardner: 1980, Artful scribbles, 1, 9, Norman, London, 280, 0465004555
Articles:
- Abbot L.: 1998, Play is ace ! Developing play in schools and classrooms, in The excellence of play (pp. 77-87), 1998, 11, 033524094, 525646
- 1998: Play, the universe and everything!, in The Excellence of Play (pp. 189-198), 1998, 10, 033524094, 525647, 2
- Drawing in preschools: A didactic experience: in International Journal of Art and Design Education, 25(1), 74-85, 525648, 2, Barbara Scales
- in Play and the social context of development in early care and education (pp. 98-115): 1991, 117, 525649, 2, Ivashkevich, O., 2006
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Other Resources
- 1: Website, NCCA, 2009, The Early Child Curriculum Framework, NCCA
- 422347: 1, Website, Maire Ni Bhroin, 2007, "A Slice of Life" The Interrelationships among Art, Play and the Real Life of the Young Child,
- http://www.ijea.org/v8n16/v8n16.pdf: 422348, 1, Website, Website
- http://annareyner.wordpress.com/: 422349, 1, Website, Website
- http://paintandprozac.blogspot.ie/2011/03/babies-can-do-crafts.html: 422350, 1, Website, Website
- http://childhood101.com/2011/03/10-baby-play-ideas/: 422351, 1, Website, Website
- https://plus.google.com/+JamieReimer/posts: 422352, 1, Website, Website
- http://www.artventurers.co.uk/2014/01/04/10-reasons-why-art-and-creative-play-activities-are-so-impo: 422353, 1, Website, Website
- http://www.babyfirsttv.com/babyu/course/art-and-music/colors/50: 422354, 1, Website, Website
- http://www.babycenter.com/0_toddler-milestone-writing-and-drawing_11744.bc:
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