units
ATS2060
Faculty of Arts
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
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Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Organisational Unit | Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music |
Offered | Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | Mrs Tamara Smolyar |
This unit is an introduction to the main policies and practices in music education. It examines Australian curricula and the role of the music teacher in the advocacy of music education. Focusing on classroom and classical instrumental teaching, the unit examines and analyses various approaches to teaching instrumental music. Attention is paid to music education in select overseas countries to provide a comparison to the Australian context.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will:
Written work/ Viva Voce :70%
Written exam: 30%
2 contact hours per week