| CODE | ACN5005 | ||||||
| TITLE | Wellbeing and Development for Dance 1 | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | From social and identity development to general psychological issues in education, covering childhood, adolescence, the adult learner and issues of ageing, the study-unit prepares the student to understand, situate, and face diversity and change within the classroom. The study-unit covers the importance of social behaviour and attachment, developmental theories, and different stages of human language, social, cognitive, and moral development in relation to the teaching and learning of dance. Study-unit Aims: - To provide the student-teacher with in-depth understanding and skills that will allow her/him to develop her/his practice. - To facilitate the questioning, explanation, and overall awareness of social and psychological issues which might arise within the classroom. - To provide the student-teacher with the necessary tools to deal initially with problematic situations. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - enumerate the main stages of psychological development relative to dance practice during a person's lifespan, and explain the main changes that are undergone through these periods. - identify and synthesise main developmental theories and apply them to the teaching and learning of dance. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse particular situations, behaviours, or reactions within a dance class setting and explain them in terms of a person's psychosocial development. - identify the main aspects of psychological development theories as applied to dance, and create pedagogical strategies as preventive and anticipatory measures towards the most common concerns and coping strategies for other possible issues. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bronfenbrenner, Urie. 1979. The Ecology of Human Development. Experiments by Nature and Design. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press). - Crain, William. 2016. 3rd Ed. Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications. (London and New York: Routledge). - Hill, Andrew. 2016. The Psychology of Perfectionism in Sport, Dance and Exercise. (London and New York: Routledge). - Lovatt, Peter. 2018. Dance Psychology. (UK: Lulu.com). - Rogoff, Barbara. 1990. Apprenticeship in Thinking. Cognitive Development in Social Context. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). - Rogoff, Barbara. 2003. The Cultural Nature of Human Development (Oxford: Oxford University Press). - Taylor, Jim, and Taylor, Ceci. 1995. Psychology of Dance. (Leeds: Human Kinetics Publishers). Supplementary Readings: - Davies, M. 1995. Helping Children to Learn through a Movement Perspective (London: Hodder & Stoughton). - Hannaford, C. 2005. Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head. 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City, UT: Great River Books). - Holt, J. 1991. How Children Learn. Revised ed. (Middlesex: Penguin Books). - Keenan, T., and S. Evans. 2009. An Introduction to Child Development. 2nd ed. (London: Sage). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Julienne Schembri Deborah Williams (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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