Curriculum studies: advanced teaching studies music (II)
Offered next in 1996
BP GD PD
Subject value 1.0 * 2 hours per weekend school * First semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: DipT or GradDipEd or BTeach
This subject has been designed to prepare teachers in the development and teaching of upper primary music with a particular focus on class music making. Popular music in the classroom, classroom ensembles, contemporary methodologies and improvisatory sound exploration exercises based on methodologies and approaches developed by Paynter, Self, Wishart and others will be considered. The music education heritage of Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze and the current eclectic music curriculum will be discussed.
Assessment
Biographical statement hurdle requirement. Classroom music material: 50% * Methodology research: 50%
Recommended texts
Askew G Music education in the primary school Longman Cheshire, 1993
Education Dept (Vic.)Guide to music in the primary school Publications and Information Branch, Education Department of Victoria, 1981
Ministry of Education Victoria Frameworks: The Arts Min. Educ. Vic.,1988