6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4022103DNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Koen Lombaerts (course titular)
Free De Backer
Activities and contact hours

10 contact hours Lecture
170 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course provides insight into the history of thinking about arts education, resulting in an overview of current theories. We examine theoretical and practical lively debates on arts education linked to classroom practice, curriculum and educational policy. We pay specific attention to the relevance of the theoretical framework around critical thinking for arts education.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Reader, Canvas
Additional info

Reader provided by the lecturer.

Reader compiled by the students themselves (literature search on the topic at hand).

3 lecture sessions, and further group/individual guidance.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

  • The student explains the educational value of contemporary arts.
  • The student describes and analyses recent debates in arts education.
  • The student can take on a critical stance on a current debate in arts education, based on solid arguments.
  • The student shows a critical attitude with regard to academic literature.
  • The student demonstrates understanding of the relationship between critical thinking and arts.
  • The student applies a critical thinking process by means of artistic images.
  • The student defines the foundations of critical thinking.
  • The student shows interest in the ideas of others by asking critical questions.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

not applicable
 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject