MKKSF4010 Workshop in Arts Studies

    • Credits
      15
    • Teaching semester
      2023 autumn
    • Level of study
      2nd cycle: Master's degree (two years)
    • Program of study
      Master’s Degree Programme in Child Culture and Arts Education
    • Duration
      1 semester
    • Assessment semester
      2023 autumn
    • Person in charge
      Jørgen Moe
    • Language of instruction
      Norwegian and English
    • Required prerequisite knowledge
      Admission deadline for international exchange students: 15 April. Admission requirements: • Early Childhood Teacher Education, bachelor’s degree, with a specialization related to arts and culture (a total of 60 ECTS credits within arts and culture) or • Bachelor’s degree as pedagogue/educator, including 60 ECTS credits within arts and culture or • Bachelor’s degree in music, arts and crafts or drama/literature, including a one-year programme in educational theory and practice The average grade of the bachelor’s degree and the chosen subject area must be C or better, cf. the Norwegian grading system, or equivalent. Recommended previous knowledge: Work experience related to children and the arts.

Course content

The course provides a theoretical introduction to the aesthetic effects of the arts and to creative processes. The student will explore his/her chosen subject area through practical work:

  • Art, culture and creativity / interdisciplinary and multimodal specialization (“KKK”, which is included in the Early Childhood Teacher Education in Norway): Specialization in interdisciplinary and multimodal expressions.
  • Drama: Specialization in children’s theatre, drama, play or performance.
  • Arts and crafts: Specialization in visual art workshop activities using chosen materials and techniques.
  • Music: Specialization in music performance, using instruments and voice.
  • Literature: Specialization in literature, text and creation of images for children.

The course will give an introduction to the history of the chosen subject area, and the role of this subject area in a wider social perspective. 

The course includes a creative piece of work of the students’ own choice within their chosen subject area. The students will work independently and creatively with instruments, body, movement and voice, in workshops with materials and tools, in different spaces, on stage and/or with texts, sounds and images.

The chosen individual, creative piece of work may be used as a preliminary work for the master’s thesis.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

A candidate who has completed the education has:

  • thorough knowledge about theories related to the reflective practician
  • in-depth knowledge about the use of the chosen subject area’s aesthetic effects, and about visual and auditive presentation of these effects

Skills:

A candidate who has completed the education has:

  • thorough ability to make use of art skills in his or her own creative expression

General competence:

A candidate who has completed the education has:

  • thorough, independent ability for practical and theoretical in-depth study within his or her chosen subject area
  • ability to identify his or her chosen specialization within a larger social perspective

Working and learning activities

Theoretical lectures. Practical work, individually and in groups. The students will be given supervision and lectures related to this practical work. The students will give and receive feedback on their own and other’s work, both theoretically and practically.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

CommentMandatory courseworkMandatory coursework grouping
KSF-AK1: Reflection paperReport/reflective noteIndividual

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

Mandatory coursework:Report/reflective note
Comment:KSF-AK1: Reflection paper
Mandatory coursework grouping:Individual

Vurderinger

Form of assessmentExam codeGroupingDurationType of durationProportionCensor typeSupported materialsComment
Practical examPEKIndividual1semesters100 %Internal and external AllSubmission and oral presentation (ca. 15-20 minutes) of individual art work Reflection paper (8-10 pages)

Vurderinger

Form of assessment:Practical exam
Grouping:Individual
Duration:1
Type of duration:semesters
Proportion:100 %
Comment:Submission and oral presentation (ca. 15-20 minutes) of individual art work Reflection paper (8-10 pages)
Supported materials: All
Exam code:PEK
Censor type:Internal and external

Grading scale

Passed/Not passed

Evaluation

Mandatory coursework that must be approved in order to take the examination:

MAP4: KSF-AK1 and OBLTS

 

The examination MAP4 replaces the previous examination MAP3, as well as MAP1 and MAP2.

Additional information

Anbefalte forkunnskaper: Erfaring innen kunstfaglig arbeid med barn