Curriculum and Pedagogy 3b: Expressive Arts and Mathematics (U04450)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EDU-3-U04450

The inextricable connection between Arts and mathematics has been witnessed throughout time and across cultures. Whether in architecture, in artworks and artefacts, in music or in dance, we are able to perceive line, shape, pattern, symmetry. Understanding these helps us construct a meaningful relationship with the artwork The Expressive Arts provide rich contexts for the exploration of pattern within an aesthetic framework, whilst mathematics is concerned with ways abstracting and describing pattern.

? Keywords : art, dance, drama, music, mathematics, expressive arts, aesthetics, pattern.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Satisfactory completion of Curriculum and Pedagogy 2a, Curriculum and Pedagogy 2b and Curriculum and Pedagogy 2d.

? Costs : Nil.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key issues in mathematical education;
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of aesthetics and how this field of philosophy underpins and informs arts education in primary education;
demonstrate and understanding of the potential of ICT as a tool to enhance both teaching and learning in these curricular areas;
show how these subject areas can contribute to advancing key themes in Enterprise Education;
construct integrated learning activities demonstrate meaningful connections and co-relations between expressive arts and mathematics and assess the value of such connections to young learners;
reflect critically on the theoretical and pedagogical components of the course.

Assessment Information

Formative: group presentations in weeks 9 and 10 of the course.

Summative: Students will submit a written assignment (3000 words) that will explore, through critical analysis and reflection, current and contemporary themes common to both expressive arts and mathematics education.