Foundations of Music Education

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This is a pedagogy course introducing the methodology of teaching in music education. This course gives an overview of choral, general, and instrumental music education while including philosophical, social, and psychological foundations of teaching music. This course focuses on the methods of planning instruction for student learning, including alignment of objectives, instructions, assessment, and tasks. Utilizing the National Core Music Standards, teacher candidates begin creating developmentally appropriate lesson plans. Wisconsin Teacher Standards (WTS) are introduced to create developmentally appropriate instruction and advocacy in music education. Prerequisite: MUS 266 , MUS 268 ; sophomore standing. Offered Fall.