MUSC 338 Secondary Music Education Units: 3.00
An introduction to the methods, materials, and curriculum design suitable for teaching music to senior high school students.
Learning Hours: 106 (36 Lecture, 6 Practicum, 12 Group Learning, 52 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 3 or above and 6.0 units from (MUSC 180-MUSC 188; MUSC 280; MUSC 281; MUSC 283-MUSC 288).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create a focused listening activity that directs students' attention to one of the elements of music. Implement a sequential set of activities to create a single unit of study. Specific topic and content will be at the discretion of the individual.
- Create a listing of useful resources for teaching instrumental and vocal technique. This will be done through the creation of a personalized warm up routine and a skill development system.
- Design and create a lesson plan for a creative music activity that requires the participants to manipulate sounds to create a new product.
- Express, through the creation of a personal music educators belief statement, students' current beliefs, values and attitudes as they relate to teaching music.
- Identify the common threads found in the current ministry music curriculum for grades 9 through 12.
- Use the design down process to create a plan for a full course, synthesizing the concepts presents in the course to create, design and implement a meaningful active learning experience. This includes the implementation of the activity in a local school setting.