Arts Education (2022)

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• Prescriptions for the MEd
• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 300 Level
• 500 Level

• Prescriptions for the MEd

  To complete the Master of Education in Arts Education, students must complete 180 points at 500 level, including at least 60 points from 500 level papers in the Arts Education subject; one of the following Research Methods papers EDUCA500, EDUCA557, or MAOED500; and one of a Directed Study equivalent to 30 points, a Dissertation equivalent to 60 points, or a Thesis equivalent to 90 or 120 points.

  Students will normally be expected to focus their independent research on a topic related to Arts Education.

  Optional papers will be selected from the papers listed in the MEd subjects, the MEdLeadership, or 30 points may be selected from outside the field of the degree.

• 100 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  DANCE101	Dance, Movement and Culture	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  This paper provides practical experience with different forms of dance, an introduction to choreography, and a critical examination of how dance is influenced by societal and cultural issues.

• 200 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  EDART201	Dance In Educational Contexts	15.0	No occurrences
  The paper explores dance education through exposure to a range of dance skills, knowledge and teaching strategies. It embraces current dance practices through practical experiences and guided inquiry.
  EDART202	Visual Art in Educational Contexts	15.0	No occurrences
  The paper explores a chosen art process through exposure to art skills and visual research strategies. It embraces current art education practices through art experiences and guided inquiry.
  EDART204	Drama in Educational Contexts	15.0	22G (Tauranga)
  This paper will introduce students to the key concepts of drama and contribute to the development of specialist skills and dispositions required when working with drama as a pedagogy or for performance.

• 300 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  DANCE301	Performing Dance	15.0	22A (Hamilton)
  This paper offers an advanced study of choreography for performance, focussing on solo choreography, critical reflections on embodiment, gender and culture in dance, and a final public performance production.

• 500 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  EDART501	Contemporary Issues in Arts Education	30.0	No occurrences
  In this paper, students will engage with a range of contemporary local and global issues impacting Arts education, culminating in a critical, in-depth examination of one issue and its implications for teaching and learning.
  EDART502	Critical Approaches in Applied Arts Education	30.0	No occurrences
  This paper focuses on the ways in which Arts practitioners and educators can critically interrogate the place of the Arts practice as both a responsibility and opportunity in specific applied contexts.
  EDUCA500	Culturally Responsive Methodologies incorporating kaupapa Māori and Critical Theories	30.0	22X (Block - Tauranga)
  Culturally Responsive Methodologies utilise kaupapa Maori and critical theoretical frameworks to develop contexts within which the researched community can define the terms for engaging, relating and co-creating new knowledge.
  EDUCA557	Becoming a researcher: theory, ethics and methods	30.0	22A (Online), 22B (Online) & 22H (Block)
  This paper introduces students to the major educational research paradigms, methodologies appropriate to collecting data in schools (including interviews, observations, surveys, case studies), action research, literature reviews, critiquing research, and report writing. It includes consideration of ethical issues in research.
  EDUCA590	Directed Study	30.0	22I (Hamilton), 22I (Online) & 22X (Hamilton)
  Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff.
  EDUCA592	Dissertation	60.0	22I (Online), 22J (Online), 22X (Hamilton), 22X (Online) & 22X (Tauranga)
  A report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical investigation.
  EDUCA593	Education Thesis	90.0	22I (Online), 22X (Hamilton), 22X (Online) & 22X (Tauranga)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
  EDUCA594	Education Thesis	120.0	22X (Hamilton), 22X (Online) & 22X (Tauranga)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
  MAOED500	Rangahau Kaupapa Māori - Kaupapa Māori Research	30.0	22X (Hamilton)
  This paper seeks to explore Kaupapa Maori research theory and methodologies, developing more informed and culturally located and responsive research practice, with a particular focus on researching in Maori educational contexts.