Course content

This course develops knowledge and competence within a variety of practices, theories, and research methodologies in arts education, particularly connected to socially sustainable art practices, improvisation, performativity, and critical thinking. The course seeks to expand the understanding of the dynamics between views on learning, teaching, sustainability, arts and knowledge, and arts educational practices. The student develops competence in critically engaging in learning and teaching, different arts and educational practices, and research in a societal context. A wide variety of artistic expressions and educational approaches are used to explore how educators can create space to difference, community, equity, and diversity. The aim is to qualify the student to explore, use, and think critically about values and approaches in many different arts and educational practices. The student will develop skills in academic and artistic dissemination through digital platforms.

Learning outcome

KnowledgeThe candidate has

• Advanced knowledge in socially sustainable arts educational practices and theories.
• Advanced knowledge in designing inclusive arts educational spaces, through improvisation, performativity and critical thinking as tools.
• Advanced knowledge about the dynamic between different views on learning, teaching, arts and knowledge, and arts educational practices
• Thorough knowledge on participatory and community oriented arts educational practices
• Thoroughknowledge about working with diversity and equity in different educational contexts.
• Thorough knowledge about digital dissemination plattforms for arts education research

SkillsThe candidate can

• Critically analyse views on learning and arts in a relevant arts educational contexts
• Plan, execute, evaluate and present arts educational projects where equity, diversity and sustainability arepresent at all levels.
• Use critical analytical approaches and arts-based practices to inquire research questions.
• Use sustainability perspectives, performativity, and improvisation practices consistently in planning, doing and developing arts educational practices, presentations and dissemination.
• Disseminate arts educational inquiries through digital platforms.

Generell competence

The candidate can

• Contribute positively to an arts-based and educational learning community.
• Work with dissemination of educational and arts practices and thinking, towards peers in an arts-oriented community.
• Navigate and be informed in arts and arts educational contexts in the community.

Learning methods and activities

Workshops, seminars, reading, writing, analysis, participation in class and peer-response activities, peer-discussions with students and teachers.

Compulsory activities

Preparations for compulsory activitites in class.

Individual and collaborative student activities in and outside the schedule.

Compulsory assignment

There are 3 compulsory assignments in this course.

• 1 presentation
• 1 written assignment
• 1 digital assignment

Compulsory assignments

• Presentation
• Written assignment
• Digital assignment

Recommended previous knowledge

Fulfilled teacher qualification education or a relevant BA is recommended. Experience from artistic creative and arts education practices is desirable

Course materials

The teaching materials required for this course:

• - This course description, and a course plan which the course teacher will share.

• - Course reader including current global theories associated with arts education research with literature choices in English and Nordic languages. There will be compulsory reading a well as different reading choices, but the readings list will be advised by and must be approved by the course coordinator. A preliminary reading list will be posted on the digital learning platform prior to the start of the course.

• - Different arts materials as required and as available at Department of Teacher Education (ILU), NTNU. ILU will not cover the costs of other materials.