Cultural and Creative Approaches to Education - EDU00019C
Module summary
This module aims to introduce all students to cultural and creative approaches to education, childhood and youth. The overall aim of the module is to make students conscious of the crucial role of symbolic and cultural representations of education and the way they interact with policy and practice.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
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| A | Semester 2 2025-26 |
Module aims
This module aims to introduce all students to cultural and creative approaches to education, childhood and youth. In the first part of the module, students will learn to analyse and theorise the ways in which culture and language shape visions of major educational questions. Students will also consider the importance of storytelling and narratives as part of this phenomenon. In the second part, students will gain a sophisticated understanding of the place and nature of creativity in education, and apply that knowledge by engaging in creative practice themselves. The overall aim of the module is to make students conscious of the crucial role of symbolic and cultural representations of education and the way they interact with policy and practice.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will be able to:
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critically analyse and explore cultural representations of education, childhood and youth, for instance in art and media;
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gain knowledge of cultural studies of education and be introduced to narrative and aesthetic analysis
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theorise the role of narrative in visions of education, and engage with storytelling to tackle major questions pertaining to childhood and youth;
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finely understand and critique the nature of creativity in education
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engage in creative practice in response to specific prompts
Module content
This module aims to introduce all students to cultural and creative approaches to education, childhood and youth. In the first part of the module, students will learn to analyse and theorise the ways in which culture and language shape visions of major educational questions. Students will also consider the importance of storytelling and narratives as part of this phenomenon.
In the second part, students will gain a sophisticated understanding of the place and nature of creativity in education, and apply that knowledge by engaging in creative practice themselves. The overall aim of the module is to make students conscious of the crucial role of symbolic and cultural representations of education and the way they interact with policy and practice.
The following is indicative of the different topics that will be covered
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General Introduction: Arts, Culture and Education
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Language, Thought and Childhood
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Education in the Media
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Adolescence in Visual Culture
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Storytelling 1
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Storytelling 2
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Models of Creativity
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Creativity and Schooling
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Digital Creativity and Teaching
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Creativity in Practice 1
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Creativity in Practice 2
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Additional assessment information
For their summative assignment, students will decide whether they want to write:
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An analysis of one representation of childhood or adolescence in a cultural or creative work of their choice, not covered in the course.
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OR
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Create an artefact or text related to childhood and adolescence and write an analytical essay about the work.
Students will have the opportunity to prepare for the summative by submitting a creative piece + an analytical essay for formative assessment towards the end of the semester.
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Individual written feedback reports, with follow-up tutor meeting, if necessary. The feedback is returned to students in line with university policy. Please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information
Indicative reading
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