Instructional Strategies for Music Teaching and Learning

Catalog description

This course explores skill development in the music practice room and in music lessons. Students systematically improve their own music learning in the practice room and then study how improved learning can lead to more effective music teaching. Topics on teaching effectiveness include behavioral modifications, task analysis, teaching cycles, and observation and evaluation techniques. Students read about past research on music learning and complete short exercises on documenting effective changes in music learning and teaching. Lect. 1, Lab 2. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in any MUA 300-level course. Offered Fall - Even Numbered Years.