Welcome to 1800!
This course will introduce you to key issues in music education theory and practice. The aim is to create a stimulating and challenging dynamic in which we as a class think about the nature and roles of music education in schools and society at large. Effective teachers are reflective practitioners, that is, they are continuously learning from their experiences because they have developed a disposition toward ongoing inquiry and reflection. Much class time is dedicated to examining and discussing major issues, ideas, methodologies, and approaches to music education in schools and also to encouraging self-examination of your own experiences and the values you bring to your studies in music education. While there are formal assignments in this class, a large part of this course is based on your everyday contributions to the class through on-going consideration of and work with major course ideas.
In this class you will have opportunity to:
This course will introduce you to key issues in music education theory and practice. The aim is to create a stimulating and challenging dynamic in which we as a class think about the nature and roles of music education in schools and society at large. Effective teachers are reflective practitioners, that is, they are continuously learning from their experiences because they have developed a disposition toward ongoing inquiry and reflection. Much class time is dedicated to examining and discussing major issues, ideas, methodologies, and approaches to music education in schools and also to encouraging self-examination of your own experiences and the values you bring to your studies in music education. While there are formal assignments in this class, a large part of this course is based on your everyday contributions to the class through on-going consideration of and work with major course ideas.
In this class you will have opportunity to:
- Understand a variety of facets of music teaching and pedagogy through observation, reading, and discovery experiences.
- Consider ethical parameters of teaching music within and outside schools.
- Understand social, political, cultural and economic issues and their impact upon educating in and through music.
- Identify the elements of learning and teaching.
- Initiate planning for a variety of levels within an inclusive music classroom.
- Initiate the assembly of a professional portfolio.
- Begin to develop a personal philosophy of music education.