Undergraduate - UnitATS2085 - The art of teaching music performance (improvisation)

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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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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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)	Mr John Garzoli

Synopsis

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 instrumental teaching, the unit examines and analyses various approaches to teaching improvisation and more specifically jazz and world music as well as composition. Attention is paid to music education in select overseas countries to provide a comparison to the Australian context.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will:

Be familiar with the main policies and debates surrounding music education in Australia
Understand the main methodologies of classroom, ensemble and individual instrumental and vocal teaching.
Critically evaluate the similarities and differences in music education practices internationally
Be able to articulate a personal philosophy of music education.