Expressive Arts Short Course
About this course
ASDAN’s Expressive Arts Short Course offers exciting and rewarding activities to develop skills and knowledge through all forms of expressive arts. This programme helps learners develop practical arts skills, as well as personal, social and work-related skills.
The Expressive Arts Short Course will enable learners to:
- learn and demonstrate techniques in different forms of expressive arts (eg visual arts, performing arts, music, crafts, writing)
- develop an awareness of how creative expression and enjoyment of the arts can have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing
- develop their own creative voice and produce their own original work
- gain an understanding of the importance of arts and creativity in society and industry
The flexibility of ASDAN’s Short Courses means they can be delivered in a variety of settings, over a time frame that suits the needs of the individual learner and the coordinating centre. Challenge descriptions can be interpreted and adapted according to the learning context.
This Short Course can be completed using the student book or through Equitas, ASDAN’s digital learning platform.
Find out more about the differences between Short Course student books and Equitas in this information leaflet.
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Who is it for?
Short Courses are widely used in formal and non-formal settings, for learners aged 13 and over. Although ASDAN’s Short Courses are designed for learners working at Entry level 3 to Level 1, they can be adapted for learners working above or below these levels. The focus is on completing challenges and developing skills.
The Expressive Arts Short Course is ideal for students who are interested in arts and enjoy learning in a creative environment. The course can be used to support learning in all types of expressive arts, including visual arts, performing arts, music, crafts and writing. This could be anything from painting to poetry, crochet to circus skills, DJ-ing to dance.
Facts and figures
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Flexible programmes of learning accessible to learners at a range of levels
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Internally moderated
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Accredits 10–60 hours of activities
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Can count as up to 3 of the credits needed to achieve the Personal Development Programmes
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Can support skills development for ASDAN’s Personal Effectiveness Qualifications and may contribute to recognition of prior learning where standards are met in full
Course content
ASDAN’s Expressive Arts Short Course offers activities to develop skills and knowledge through a wide range of forms of expressive arts. This programme helps learners develop practical arts skills, as well as personal, social and work-related skills.
The Expressive Arts Short Course is ideal for students who are interested in arts and enjoy learning in a creative environment. The course can be used to support learning in any types of expressive arts, including visual arts, performing arts, music, crafts and writing. This could be anything from painting to poetry, crochet to circus skills, DJ-ing to dance.
The Expressive Arts Short Course contains five modules:
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Explore
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Experiment
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Develop
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Reflect
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Careers in the arts
Each learner requires their own login to access the course on Equitas. This gives them access to all challenges and provides a space to record evidence of completed activities. Copies of the challenges available on Equitas can also be downloaded for use with learners.
Please note that there are some key differences between the challenge content in the original Expressive Arts Student Book and the version now available on Equitas, ASDAN’s digital learning platform. These include updated module titles, revised challenge content and outcomes, and additional new challenges. For consistency, we recommend that members choose one format to use with all learners within a group. Copies of the challenges available on Equitas can be downloaded and used directly with learners.
Requirements
Learners must present evidence of their activities in an organised portfolio or e-portfolio. This should include:
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a record of challenges completed, with supporting evidence for each
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recording documents showing how learners have planned and reviewed their activities
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summary of achievement, highlighting skills development
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personal statement
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feedback from the tutor
For guidance on running ASDAN Short Courses, please see our step-by-step guides:
ASDAN training events are delivered by experts to help your centre run our courses successfully. They provide an introduction to the course, along with guidance on delivery, assessment, and moderation processes.
Costs
All costs shown below are per learner, unless otherwise stated. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book or login and registration on Equitas. Books or registrations purchased for Short Courses are valid for three years from the date of purchase.
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Price |
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Short Course student book |
£12 |
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Expressive Arts Short Course Equitas learner registration and digital learning platform login |
£12 |
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Short Course PDF certificate |
Free |
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Short Course printed and foiled certificate (optional, per learner, per Short Course) |
£3.75 |
Products can be purchased below.
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Course resources
Evaluation chart (individual)
This evaluation chart can be used by learners to evaluate a six-week individual activity. Learners are asked to mark on the graph each week to show what they did and how they felt; at the end of the project the learner should join up the marks to give a picture of the whole activity. This resource is particularly suited to challenges in Short Courses, Personal Development Programmes (Bronze, Silver, Gold), CoPE and Wider Key Skills.
Evaluation chart (group)
This evaluation chart can be used by learners to evaluate a six-week group activity. Each member of the group should choose a different colour and mark on the graph each week to show what they did and how they felt. At the end of the project, each group member then joins up their marks to give a picture of the whole activity. This resource is particularly suited to challenges in Short Courses, Personal Development Programmes (Bronze, Silver, Gold), CoPE and Wider Key Skills.
Planning a group or team task
This resource can be used when planning a group or team task. It links particularly well to ASDAN's Short Course programmes.
Self-evaluation template
This generic self-evaluation template can be used by learners to evaluate almost any group activity. Learners are asked to record how they felt about the activity and pick out the best and worst bits, before reflecting on what they could do better next time. This resource is particularly suited to challenges in Short Courses, Personal Development Programmes (Bronze, Silver, Gold), CoPE and Wider Key Skills.
Short Courses summary of achievement and personal statement : PDF version (mandatory)
Short Courses summary of achievement and personal statement : Word version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 1 : PDF version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 1 : Word version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 2 : PDF version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 2 : Word version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 3 : PDF version (mandatory)
Short Courses skills sheet 3 : Word version (mandatory)