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S.94-60

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Office of the Vice-President, Academic

MEMORANDUM

To: ?

Senate

From: ?

J.M. Munro, Chair

Senate Committee on Academic Planning

Subject: Coursework/Examination M. Ed. Program in

Arts Education - SCAP Reference: SOAP 94-38

Date:

September 15, 1994

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and the Senate

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Graduate Studies Committee, gives rise to the following motion:

Motion: ?

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors, as set forth in S.94- 60 the proposed

Coursework/Examination M. Ed. Program in Arts Education,

including a new course - EDUC 852-5"

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION ?

Graduate Programs?

Proposal for an Arts Education M.Ed. ?

as an emphasis under

Curriculum and Instruction

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Introduction

Title: Arts Education

Credential: Masters in Education (M.Ed.)

Degree format: ?

Designated degree program; Coursework and

Comprehensive Examination (CCE)

Facult

or school to offer the degree: Faculty of Education

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Schedule for implementation: September 1995

This program is to complement the MA/thesis option. It is intended

that the M.Ed. project option in Arts Education be phased out. The MA

option already exists and is shown below with adjustments needed to take

account of the contribution of Dr. Sharon Bailin. The approval of a special

calendar entry, i.e., "Arts Education" to denote the special nature of this dual

program which would then be listed as a distinct emphasis under the

Curriculum and Instruction calendar entry.

II. Justification

This master's program is put forward as a result of a number of

pressing concerns in arts education that need to be addressed by the Faculty

of Education. First, there

is a need

for specific programs in arts education for

teachers at all levels of education. As the arts gain greater recognition and as

curriculum demands diversify and become more complicated in today's

pluralistic climate attention to problems related to particular arts contexts

becomes especially important.

Conceptions of the arts—music, art, drama, dance—in education are

changing. Increasingly in recent curriculum reform projects, for example, in

the B.C's

Year

2000 initiatives and the UK National Curriculum Council's

(NCC)

The Arts 5-16: A Curriculum Framework,

(1990),

as well as in

conferences, debates and educational literature generally, a view is emerging

to the effect that it is time to consider the arts under a common umbrella.

This is not to deny the differences among the arts, it is rather to see the need

to try to more dearly articulate what is common and what is not, for the

purposes of curriculum development. In the words of the NCC, "A common

framework is necessary for curriculum planning, for teaching and assessment

so as to improve the overall coherence of arts education." The CCE M.Ed in

Arts Education detailed below is founded on the above principles and

provides a program of courses and an examination which is both progressive

and appropriate for today's educational world.

While scholarly in nature, the program does not require the

independent and specialized research of a thesis or project. In the CCE M.Ed

in Arts Education option students of varied arts backgrounds examine

common aesthetic problems through a core of three arts education courses

that are foundational in nature. They study two out of three specific arts

curriculum courses, thus focusing on their own specialty area, while

considering the educational concerns of another art form. and they choose

two other courses according to their own needs and interests.

This proposals ties into the coursework component of the M.A. program

in Arts Education, in which students of varied arts backgrounds examine

common aesthetic problems through a core of two required arts education

courses that are foundational in nature This

followed by two of three

specific arts curriculum courses in an area of personal speciality and one

additional course of the student's own choosing. No new courses are

required other than the one that Dr. Sharon Bailin has developed for the

drama area (EDUC 852-5 Education and Dramatic Art).

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The degree is aimed principally at practitioners who are seeking to

develop a broad knowledge of the theory and practise of arts education

through the collegial atmosphere of commonly experienced courses.

Graduates from this program will be well-prepared for such professional roles

as arts teachers, heads of departments in schools, district coordinators, college

teachers, community arts workers among others.

The ideal intake would be ten students per annum.

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IV.

Program Structure

Students are required to take a minimum of 35 semester hours and a final

comprehensive examination.

Foundational Studies

Students are required to take

all

of the following:

EDUC 849-5 Artists, Society and Arts Education.

Senyshyn

EDUC 848-5

Ideas and Issues in Aesthetic Education.

Richmond

EDUC 850-5

Creativity in Education.

Baum

These courses provide an overview of the central questions involved in

inquiry into artistic creativity, the philosophical bases of the arts, the social

and historical factors that shape artistic development, and the relevance of

postmodern critiques as they bear upon and influence thinking about

education in the arts.

Curriculum Areas

Students are required to take

two

of the following:

EDUC 869-5 Music Education as Thinking in Sound.

Senyshyn

EDUC 868-5 Curriculum Theory and Art Education.

Richmond

EDUC 852-5 Education and Dramatic Art.

Bailin

These courses pursue in some depth the concerns of theory and practice as

they pertain to matters of educational purpose, curriculum development,

course content, classroom teaching, student achievement, evaluation, and

recent trends and debates in each of the arts disciplines.

Electives

Students also choose two other courses in consultation with arts faculty.

One course may be selected from the Graduate Program offered by the

School for the Contemporary Arts (FPA 811-5, FPA 883-5, FPA 887-5, FPA

889-5). Arts Education students are currently taking advantage of this

option and it works well. One, or both courses, may be selected from the

current offerings of the Faculty of Education. The courses chosen must be

justified by reference to the student's educational background, goals, and to

the relevance and coherence of the electives in relation to the rest of the

program. These electives permit a degree of flexibility in meeting the needs

of particular students.

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Comprehensive Examination

M.Ed. Comprehensive Examination

The final examination will be based on a list of key readings, chosen by

associated faculty members at the beginning of the degree, to be studied

concurrently with the coursework. Students will be required to write a

culminating essay(s) based on these readings prior to the completion of the

degree. The essay(s) will be set by the associated faculty members, in

consultation with the Director of Graduate Programs. Students will be

required in the essay(s) to link the key readings to the coursework content and

also to their own professional practice. The essay(s) will be evaluated, using

criteria designated by the associated faculty group, on a pass/fail basis by at

least two associated faculty plus one other suitably qualified faculty member,

where possible. A follow up oral examination may be required.

The results of the examination will be made available to students prior

to the end of the semester in which it is taken. Students who fail the

examination may be asked to take it again. A student who fails a second time

will be required to withdraw.

GPC 92-42

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SLMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

New

Graduate ure Proixsai

Form

Calendar Information:

Department: 1

ACULTY OF EDUCATION ?

Course Number: 852

Title: ?

Education and Dramatic Art 

Description:

Credit Hours:

5 ?

Vector: 0-5-0 Prerequisite(s) if any:,

Enrollment

and Scheduling:

Estimated Enrollment:

first

How often wifl the course be offered:

every second year 

This course will be one of the curriculum specialization courses 

Justification: offered as a crnent of the M.A. and of the M.Ed. in Arts Education. 

It has been designed to introduce students to the train theoretical writings in 

drama education, and to give them the opportunity to examine critically the claims made 

in these writings, and to investigate problems and issues which underly the nature 

and provision, of drama education in the schools. 

Resources: 

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:

Dr. Sharon _Bailin 

What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:

1/8ETE

Are there sufficient Librar

resources (append details):

Yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course.

An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to give the course.

Library resources

Departmental Graduate Studies Committee _Date:(14

Faculty Graduate Studies Commit

Senate Graduate Studies Committee:

Senate: _Date'!

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 852-5

EDUCATION AND DRAMATIC ART

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This course involves an exploration of basic issues and questions which underlie the nature

and provision of drama education in the schools. It includes a critical examination of the

claims made in the theoretical literature regarding the nature and aims of drama education

and an exploration of the implications for drama education curriculum and pedagogy.

TOPICS

The History and Current State of Drama Education:

the history of drama education in

Canada; international developments in drama education

The Nature of Drama:

drama as experience; drama as knowledge; drama as therapy; drama

as art form

Conceptions of Drama Education:

the process/product debate; the con tent/meth odology

debate; the drama/theatre debate

Dramatic Creation:

dramatic creation as a goal; the nature of creativity in drama; freedom

versus constraints; the role of skill; the nature of dramatic imagination

Dramatic Appreciation:

dramatic appreciation as a goal; levels of appreciation; fostering

aesthetic appreciation

Drama and the Other Arts:

the relationship between drama and other artistic forms; drama

and integration

Drama, Culture, and Society:

dramatic works as expressions of culture, the various roles of

drama in societies; the influence of society on dramatic forms; social influences and

dramatic values; the social role of drama education

Curriculum and Pedagogy:

curriculum planning for drama; the role(s) of the teacher;

teaching methodologies for drama; evaluation in drama

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Class presentation(s) ?

10%

Seminar on topic of tern-i paper

Bibliography/Required Texts 

- Listing available upon request 

SWON FRASERUDVESOTY

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

MEMORANDUM

To:

Ron Heath

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

From:

Robin Barrow

Dean, Faculty of Education

Re: ?

Library Assessment

Educ 852-5 - Education and Dramatic Art

Date: ?

June 24, 1994

Further to the Library assessment for Educ 852-5 and my memo of

December 8, 1993, I wish to confirm that the outstanding issues respecting the

costs for Educ 852-5 are now resolved in the following manner:

the Library has agreed to delete two relatively underused journals

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and replace them with the two journals required for this course;

ii)

the Faculty will cover the costs associated with the profile

change through a one-time base budget transfer (see memo from

J. Munro).

I trust this now enables the speedy approval of Education 852-5.

RB/cp

c.c.: M. Manley-Casimir

L. Prock

S. Kanehara

K. Kirkland

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

REFERENCE DIVISION

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BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

CANADA V5A 1S6

Telephone: (604) 291-3283

June 8,1994 

To: Mike Manley-Casimir 

Education Faculty 

From: Gail Tesch 

Library 

Regarding the new subscriptions requested for the Drama and 

Education courses: I have checked with the Collections 

Division and can assure you that the serials you requested 

will be added to the collection. My understanding from 

Collections is that the new serials will replace those 

chosen for cancellation. 

As to timing of this I trust they will appear in the new 

future. But you may rest assured that the drama journals 

will be forthcoming. 

Thank you for your patience in this matter but the head of 

Collections is on a 3 month leave and I had to go through 

other channels. 

SOON FRASER UOVERSOTY

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

MEMORANDUM

To:

Ron Heath

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

From:

Robin Barrow

Dean, Faculty of Education

Re:

Library Assessment

Educ 852-5 - Education and Dramatic Art

Date: ?

December 8, 1993

The Faculty of Education will support the one-time costs for the above

course and Educ 457-4 Drama and Education at $918. Please note that both

courses were assessed together by the Library as they had a high degree of

overlap.

RB/cp

c.c.: M. Manley-Casimir

L. Prock

S. Kanehara

MEMORANDUM ? 

W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University 

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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 

Date: 23 December, 1992 

From: Ralph Stanton (Collections Librarian) 

To:

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Sharon Baum, Associate Dean of Education 

Re: ? 

New Course: Education and Dramatic Art 

I have reviewed the Libraries holdings of materials in 

topics covered by the new course 

Education and Dramatic Art. 

The course, which is not yet numbered, is a five unit post 

graduate course to be taught first in the Spring semester of 

1993 to a maximum of 15 students. The documentation does 

not make any statement about Library resources, nor does it 

indicate if a textbook has been chosen. A bibliography is 

appended which has 62 citations of which 28 are periodical 

articles and 34 are monographs. 

The 28 periodical citations are from 6 journals of which we 

have 2; 

Language Arts 

and

Journal of Reading. 

We do not 

have 

Drama/Theatre Teacher 

$51.00, 

Teaching Theatre 

(title 

not in data bases), 

Use of English 

(which has suspended 

publication) or 

Youth Theatre Journal 

$44.00. The cost of 

the two, we can identify as in print, is $95.00 per year 

including binding costs. 

The current cost of a monograph in this field is $47.32 

Of the 34 monographs only six are 

not

in the collection and 

a further six were on loan indicating that added copies 

should be purchased. The cost of 12 monographs is $568. 

Comparisons were made between our holdings in the 

classification numbers PN 1701 and PN 3171 and those of 37 

other libraries of similar size. The peer group holds 84 

books in these classifications and we hold 27; the gap is 57 

titles. We compared our holdings to U-Vic and UBC for the 

subject heading 

Drama in Education. 

U-Vic 

has 161 titles, 

UBC 208 and SFU 101. A one time purchase of current titles 

in print is desirable; we estimate the number at 10 titles 

for $473. 

Existing periodical index holdings are adequate to support 

the course. 

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With the addition of 22 titles (as indicated above) the 

monograph collection should be adequate to support this 

course; the 

total one time cost is $1041. 

Our estimate of 

the needed addition to the base budget to purchase journals 

is $95 per year; this should provide adequate coverage in 

the journal collection. 

In addition, we should add subject descriptor 36645420 

(Drama in Education) to the Approval Profile at a cost of 

$95 per year. 

The total addition to the Library base budget 

is $190 per year. 

Please contact me if you have any questions. 

Regards, 

RS

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

W.A.C. BENNETT

LIBRARY ?

COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT OFFICE

MEMORANDUM

TO: ROBIN BARROW

FROM: Sharon Thomas

SUBJECT:

NEW

COIJRSES:DRAMA/THEATRE DATE: 02/11/93

cc:

Andrea

Lebowitz

We have recently assessed Library requirements for two proposed

Education and Dramatic Art.

While they have some different requirements it is obvious that there is a

high degree of overlap between the two proposals. If both courses are

approved I believe the total cost will be as follows:

RECURRING COSTS:

Two new journals

$ 95/year

Approval proffle addition ?

108/year

Total Recurring Cost $203/year

ONE-TIME

COSTS

17 monographs from combined

reading lists ?

$918

Total One-Time Cost $918

COST SUMMARY

both co

ur

$203

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