6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023318ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced 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
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Geert Vandermeersche (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
6 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

We will propose the concept of “aesthetic literacy” to understand what learning of/with film and the performing arts means. This complex idea points to different aspects of arts education: from the decoding of a specific art language to understanding the critical relation of the art form to the broader world. The central question of this course is: “how can we broaden, deepen and improve the aesthetic literacy of cultural participants?”
We focus on three art forms: movies, music and theatre/performance. What do these arts forms tell us about the world? Which language do they use? We also pay attention to concrete initiatives and organizations (within the cultural field) which focus on education in film and the performing arts.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpointslides, teksten en artikels bij een aantal lessen, Canvas
Additional info

More information on course content and materials will follow during the first lesson

Learning Outcomes

ALGEMENE COMPETENTIES

Program-specific learning results

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 18, 21

Course-specific learning results

 

The student ....

  • can define and explain in their own words central concepts, theories and insights from literacy studies, art education, film, music theory and theater studies, and relate them to the theme of "aesthetic literacy";
  • can independently search for information around concrete cases of cultural institutions within film, music, or theater/performance and analyze it using the theoretical framework;
  • can analyze and evaluate concrete products of film, music, or theater/performance using the theories taught;
  • can independently formulate actions that will increase or deepen the aesthetic literacy of cultural participants within film, music, or theater/performance.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 60% of the final mark.

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

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral exam (with preparation)

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Individual assignments with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: 3 assignments

Additional info regarding evaluation

Throughout the semester there will be 3 assignments around certain components (cultural field, film, music). At the end of the semester there will be an oral exam, which consists of the presentation and discussion of a research assignment and a knowledge question about the course content. The evaluation is further explained in class and on Canvas.

 

Students must score at least 10/20 on each section (assignments & exam) to pass this course. If you have a failing grade on one of the two components, you will be assigned a 9/20 or or the total grade over the two parts (if that is lower than 9) as your final score. The partial grade for which you passed in the first session may be carried over to the second session and therefore does not have to be taken again; this also holds for the individual assignments of the part "assignments". The student who still wishes to retake the task sends an e-mail to the instructor. The partial results of the individual assignments are not transferable to the next academic year.

If you are "absent" on one of the two sections (exam or assignments) your will get an "absent" on the final grading. If you do not submit one of the assignemtn, you will get an "abstent" for the section "assignments.

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 Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)