Teaching Popular and Folk Music    2 s.h

Catalog description

Students will explore the tenets of vernacular music making as it relates to teaching school music. Specifically, students will investigate various approaches to composing, improvising, and performing on a variety of folk and traditional instruments. Specific topics include song writing, cover tunes, teaching vernacular ensembles (e.g. rock band, ukulele), electronic music production/performance, and creative warm-ups for school ensembles. Students will investigate the organizing elements of music teaching, including assessment, lesson planning for diverse students, managing the learning environment, motivating students, development of contemporary curricula, communication skill development, and the fostering of critical thinking, all within the context of vernacular and some traditional forms of music teaching and learning. This course has five (5) hours of pre-clinical fieldwork. Prereq.: MUED 2622 and upper-division status in the Music Education program.