Module Texts
M. Delgado (2000) New Arenas for Community Social Work Practice with Urban Youth: Use of the Arts, Humanities and Sports, Chichester, NY: Columbia University Press.
Dwelly, T. (2001) Creative Regeneration: Lessons from Ten Community Arts Projects, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
T. Schmid (2005) Promoting Health through Creativity: For Professionals in Health, Arts and Education, London: Whurr.
Module Resources
Library, where you will find relevant textbooks, journals and audio-visual materials.
Internet, where you will find relevant websites.
Community placements for longer-term participatory arts projects.
Module Learning Strategies
This module incorporates three inter-related learning strategies. Tutor- led workshops will be used for the consideration of core issues and key tools and techniques relating to developing your own participatory arts project. The tutorials will allow discussion of the individual projects and portfolios that students are undertaking. The independent study will allow the development and implementation of a longer-term participatory arts project and the completion of the portfolio.
Module Indicative Content
This module is based primarily on independent study and placement work, and builds on the experiences of AM25561-M, Practical Project 1. It provides students with the opportunity to apply their learning from the Certificate level to a practical setting. Students will have the opportunity to develop an individually negotiated project and will have to plan, undertake, and evaluate an in-depth practical participatory arts project in a community-based setting.
Module Additional Assessment Details
The individual poster presentation to the tutor will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to reflect critically on your experience of a practical participatory arts project and will reflect [Learning Outcomes 1 and 4]
The portfolio equivalent to 2300 words will require you to demonstrate critically reflect on your experiences of undertaking a participatory arts project. The portfolio will require you to provide evidence of (1) the planning process, (2) the delivery of the project, (3) your evaluation of the project and (4) critical reflection (in the form of an essay @ 1000 words) on the learning you have undertaken through the project. The portfolio will assess [Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4]