VH4D002 - Arts Practice 2 – Progress and Situate 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | VH4D002 | ||
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| Module Title: | Arts Practice 2 – Progress and Situate | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Music and Drama | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Drama | ||
| Module Leader: | Thania Acaron | ||
| Module Team: | |||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2021 | Final Year of Intake: | 2026 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 40 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
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Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
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| Valid From | 01 Sep 2021 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2027 |
Module Aims
1. To enable students to progress their creativity, cultural awareness and interpersonal skills through generating concepts, proposals and solutions through negotiated, self-initiated creative arts practice, developing skills and strategies in project management.
2. To encourage distinctive and speculative approaches to media and processes, to develop lines of enquiry through the application of experiential and theoretical knowledge underpinned by reflective practice, applying evaluation methods to measure outcomes and test efficacy.
3. To engage with current debate, research and to situate self-directed practice within the area of Arts, Health and Wellbeing in carrying out negotiated arts practice with individuals, groups and external organisations.
Content Summary
During this module students will engage in learning which builds on experience gained in Arts Practice 1 – Review and Develop, which positions their practice at an advanced level within the field of arts, health and wellbeing. Students will lead and successfully complete an arts’ project the form of which should be negotiated with their tutor and external partners, as appropriate. Students will produce a project proposal outlining aims, objectives, the context for the work and the methods they intend to employ. The focus of this module is the relationship between the students’ Arts Practice and the context within which it is situated, both critical and professional.
During the module students will be engaged in the following:
- Demonstrating advanced knowledge, skills and critical reflection.
- Negotiating, managing and critically evaluating a professional level self-directed project with individuals, groups and/or external organisations.
- Determining the purpose and form of intended arts-based research and methods employed to critique and evaluate the outputs and outcomes.
- Researching historical and contemporary arts and health practice, case studies, government policy and critical theory.
- Undertaking responsibility for consultation and project management giving due consideration to legal, ethical and health and safety issues.
- Applying imagination and creativity to develop ideas through to material outcomes, which may be temporary or permanent.
- Seeking help, expertise and experience within and outside a learning environment.
- Exercising independent judgement and critical self- awareness in advancing their work.
- Collaborating/consulting with groups/individuals sharing a common agenda and with public or voluntary sector organisations.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 6 |
| Seminar | 30 |
| Tutorial | 5 |
| Independent Study | 339 |
| Directed Study | 20 |
| Total Hours Selected | 400 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Work independently with advanced knowledge, understanding, reflexivity and self-awareness to confidently implement research methods, management strategies and organisational skills, to achieve negotiated, self-initiated objectives. |
| LO2 | Research and develop appropriate methodologies and exercise advanced critical awareness of contemporary and historical practice and debate with a clear idea of the context and discourses in which their arts, health and wellbeing practice is situated. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1 | Project Proposal setting out the aims, background/ context, objectives/ methods, primary and secondary sources, ethical considerations and references | 0 | 1200 | 10 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Report 1 | Research Folio – An illustrated project report, which evidences research and includes a critical evaluation of practice within the context of arts health and wellbeing | 0 | 3600 | 30 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Project Output 1 | Completion of a self-directed arts practice project situated within the field of arts health and wellbeing, in an appropriate form to be negotiated with the module tutor, digital portfolio, video photographic evidence, online publication. | 0 | N/A | 60 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Report 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Project Output 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |