Release 

Comments 

Release 2

This version released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0. Updated assessment conditions section. Updated modification history section to reflect changed name of training package.

Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 1.0.

Elements 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria 

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Select a focus for research

1.1 Consult with relevant personnel and select a focus for research based on individual needs and perspectives

1.2 Make an initial determination of the information and ideas to be researched

1.3 Challenge own assumptions and preconceptions about the research process and potential information sources

1.4 Select historical and contemporary sources for investigation

1.5 Locate recordings of dance sequences and other documentary material to enable interpretation of movement material as part of research and analysis

1.6 Take account of copyright, intellectual property and moral rights when planning research projects

2. Conduct critical analysis

2.1 Seek out and compare the critical views of others in chosen area of enquiry

2.2 Investigate issues around the historical and contemporary production, interpretation and promotion of dance

2.3 To aid analysis, place dance in a range of cultural contexts and consider how dance influences culture

2.4 Allow the process of analysis to move in new and potentially unintended directions

3. Present research findings

3.1 Develop substantiated opinions and ideas in relation to research topic

3.2 Take account of the diversity of dance in different historical periods and cultural contexts

3.3 Discuss issues associated with research findings with colleagues and incorporate new ideas as appropriate

3.4 Present findings to colleagues in a format appropriate to the research topic within agreed timeframe

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2

• Organises and evaluates ideas and information from a range of complex texts

Writing

3.1, 3.4

• Documents complex relationships between ideas and information

Oral communication

1.1, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4

• Seeks the views and opinions of others
• Obtains information by listening and questioning
• Participates in a verbal exchange of ideas
• Uses clear language to contribute information and express requirements

Navigate the world of work

1.5, 1.6, 3.4

• Follows standard procedures and legislative requirements when accessing information and acknowledging information sources

Interact with others

1.1, 2.1, 3.3, 3.4

• Works collaboratively with others with an interest in research topics

Get the work done

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

• Adopts a logical and methodical approach to the process of undertaking research and presenting findings
• Uses ideas proposed by others to lead to new perceptions and ideas
• Uses the internet as a research tool
• Uses standard word processing and spreadsheet applications to document research findings

Code and title  

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Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

CUARES501 Refine conceptual understanding of dance (Release 2)

CUARES501 Refine conceptual understanding of dance (Release 1)

Updated assessment conditions section. Updated modification history section to reflect changed name of training package.

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Release 

Comments 

Release 2

This version released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0. Updated assessment conditions section. Updated modification history section to reflect changed name of training package.

Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 1.0.