AR150-4-SP-CO:
Essex Cultural Outreach

The details
2017/18
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 15 January 2018
Friday 23 March 2018
15
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Requisites for this module
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Key module for

BA V314 Art History,
BA V31B Art History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA V350 Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35A Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV31 Art History and History,
BA VV38 Art History and History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV3B Art History and History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA VV3C Art History and History (Including Year Abroad),
BA V3RB Art History and Modern Languages (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA VR39 Art History and Modern Languages,
BA V3R9 Art History with Modern Languages,
BA VR3B Art History with Modern Languages (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA W803 Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA W808 Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA W401 Drama,
BA W402 Drama (Including Year Abroad),
BA W403 Drama (Including Placement Year),
BA W408 Drama (Including Foundation Year),
BA QW24 Drama and Literature,
BA QW25 Drama and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA WQ28 Drama and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA WQ42 Drama and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QT37 English and United States Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA T720 English and United States Literature,
BA T723 English and United States Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA T728 English and United States Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q300 English Literature,
BA Q303 English Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA Q320 English Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q321 English Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA PW38 Film and Creative Writing,
BA PW39 Film and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA PW88 Film and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA PWH8 Film and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA P303 Film Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA W620 Film Studies,
BA W623 Film Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA W628 Film Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA PV33 Film Studies and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VW36 Film Studies and Art History,
BA VW38 Film Studies and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VW3B Film Studies and Art History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA PQ32 Film Studies and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA PQ38 Film Studies and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA QW26 Film Studies and Literature,
BA QW27 Film Studies and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA QV23 Literature and Art History,
BA QV2H Literature and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA QV32 Literature and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA LQ32 Literature and Sociology,
BA LQ33 Literature and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LQ38 Literature and Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA QL23 Literature and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV53 Philosophy and Art History,
BA VV54 Philosophy and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV5H Philosophy and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VVHP Philosophy and Art History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA V351 Curating,
BA V352 Curating (Including Year Abroad),
BA V359 Curating (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35B Curating (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA QW30 Literature and Creative Writing,
BA QW31 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW33 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA QW38 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q210 English and Comparative Literature,
BA Q211 English and Comparative Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA Q212 English and Comparative Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA Q218 English and Comparative Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA P530 Journalism and Literature,
BA P531 Journalism and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA P532 Journalism and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA P570 Journalism with Human Rights,
BA P571 Journalism with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA P572 Journalism with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA P580 Journalism and Politics,
BA P581 Journalism and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA P582 Journalism and Politics (Including Year Abroad)

Module description

(Updated September 2017)This module gives students a unique opportunity to get directly involved in delivering an arts project to school groups.

Students will work with the Arts Education team, learning the principles of an effective project, delivering sessions to school children, and learning how to adapt to sessions and projects according to different needs. By helping school children develop, students will in turn learn about and reflect upon their own strengths, skills, and capabilities. They will also develop their team-working skills and enhance their understanding of the cultural sector, including its wide array of career opportunities.

This module is designed to assist students in developing employability capabilities so they are better equipped to secure opportunities in the graduate job market. In so doing, the module complements other modules that include study skills, personal development planning (PDP), professionalism and work-related learning.

The aims of the module are:

To provide high quality training in arts education and creative sector career development learning, including key transferable employability skills such as team work, leadership, resilience, experience of working with outside organisations and local schools and providing a wider insight into cultural and creative industries.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this module, student should be able to:

1. Build up practical outreach experience through visits and project work with schools.
2. Understand the principles of an effective project, including how to use an appropriate design methodology and meet client needs.
3. Gain insight into different facets of the cultural industries.
4. Demonstrate written communication and analytical skills through the writing of the reflective journal.
5. Reflect on his or her own experience during an Arts Outreach project, which should both inform future career decision-making and enhance the student’s effectiveness for employability and study.
6. Successfully work within a group to deliver a set objective and communicate effectively with an audience.
7. Successfully work in a group to present your experiences to an audience including cultural leaders.

Module aims

No information available.

Module learning outcomes

No information available.

Module information

Compulsory for all first year art history students

Learning and teaching methods

3-hour weekly tutorial (the format of the weekly tutorial will vary and will include lectures, group working sessions, self-directed learning, school visits and discussion)

Bibliography

  • Dewey, John. (1910) What is Thought?, Boston, MA: D.C. Heath.
  • Brophy, Jere. (2014) Student Motivation: The Teacher's Perspective, New York: Routledge.
  • Cottrell, Stella. (2015) What Do Employers Really Want, London: Palgrave Macmillan. vol. Palgrave study skills
  • Moon, Jennifer. (2004) Reflective Writing, London: RoutledgeFalmer.
  • Lea, Mary R. (2008) Writing at university: a guide for students, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Capel, Susan. (2014) Teaching Styles, Abingdon: Routledge. vol. Learning to teach subjects in the secondary school series
  • Shoolbred, Michael. (2007) A student's guide to presentations: making your presentation count, Los Angeles: SAGE Publications. vol. Sage essential study skills
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 17     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 18     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 19     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 20     
Coursework   Final Reflective Journal final mark    40% 
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 21     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 22     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 23     
Coursework   Journal Entry - Week 24     
Coursework   Essay One    30% 
Coursework   Final Journal Entry (Summary) - Week 30     
Practical   Group presentation     25% 
Practical   Participation     5% 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
0% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Michael Tymkiw, email: mtymkiw@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Michael Tymkiw
spahinfo@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
No
No
Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.

External examiner

No external examiner information available for this module.
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 45 hours, 21 (46.7%) hours available to students:
24 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

 

Further information
Art History and Theory

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