Diverse Populations in Inclusive Settings

Catalog description

Diverse Populations in Inclusive Settings is an introduction to issues in music education with and among a broad range of diverse student populations. Specific musical characteristics and needs of multiple types of learners will be examined, including: English Language Learners and students from varied backgrounds, racial and cultural origins, gender and sexual minorities, and urban/rural under-resourced learning contexts. There will be an emphasis on special needs in music education, including physical, intellectual, cognitive, emotional, and sensory challenges, and the learning process. Information and guidelines regarding state and federal regulatory issues related to special needs education will form the foundation for the topics included in this class. Field experience may be required. The course will explore the transformative impact of music education through a praxis lens and examine socio-inclusive issues in the music education classroom. Philosophical foundations are grounded in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Estelle Jorgensen's Transforming Music Education and Markku Kaikkonen's philosophical manifesto in Music for All. Educational theory is derived from Susan Raponi's Learning Differentiation in Music Education Theory, foundations of which are grounded in Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind, David Elliott and Marissa Silverman's Music Matters, and Carol Tomlinson's How to Differentiate Instruction.