Music Methods (K-12)

Catalog description

=This course focuses on school general and choral music programs and will include study of the materials and methods needed for successful teaching of general and choral music in schools. This course emphasizes teaching methods appropriate for use with students in K-12 general music and vocal music classrooms. Candidates will engage in a variety of personal explorations that will enable them to make considered decisions about their potential as secondary educators and to develop an understanding of the unique cognitive, behavioral, and affective needs of adolescent students. It will assist candidates in understanding the foundations of development and articulation of secondary curriculum emphasizing the development and implementation of thematic units and lessons relevant to the adolescent learner. The course includes both the development of content specific methodology and the acquisition of instructional skills common to all content areas. Methodological skills common to all content areas are covered in whole class instruction. Content area specific methodologies are addressed through a series of tutorial experiences developed in partnership with education faculty, content are faculty, and public-school personnel.