Postgraduate - UnitEDF5654 - Teaching music: Theory and practice

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Jane Southcott

Synopsis

In this unit students investigate current theoretical understandings and practical approaches to music education. They learn about current developments in music education in formal and informal settings and across the lifespan. Students become familiar with the historical and philosophical influences that have shaped music education policy and practice and relate this to their own educational contexts. This includes considerations of both established and emerging teaching practices in music education.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of current approaches to teaching music
understand how music education can be successfully employed across the lifespan
critique current teaching policy and practice in music education
explore a selected music teaching and learning approach and apply it to a particular music education setting.

Assessment

Essay (4000 words, 50%)
Music teaching and learning study (4000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows students to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component of 12 hours over the semester to engage students with the online learning content, which students can attend if they are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:

12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Jane Southcott

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Expert teaching practice
General education studies

Prohibitions

EDF6322