Issues in Music Education (Classroom & Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
This course focuses on the historical, philosophical and sociological foundations of teaching and learning music. Arts educators and teaching artists attending the course will be able to explore in depth current curricular thinking and issues (historical considerations, creative and critical thinking, diversity and inclusion, interdisciplinarity) in the field of music education. Music Educators, Music Enrichment Programme Instructors and Music Curriculum Planners will benefit from the intensive and diverse discussions about pedagogies and practices in the music classroom and current research literature surrounding key topics in music education. The skills and knowledge acquired through the course will equip the participants to better design, implement and situate their teaching practice towards quality teaching and learning in music education.
What You'll Learn
1. Articulate the need for the arts in schools
2. Discuss about the Singapore Arts landscape (e.g. examining governmental arts and culture reports and the role of the National Arts Council in arts and arts education))
3. Describe and evaluate the history of music education in Singapore and the general music programme
4. Define and explain the role of World musics in education
5. Articulate ideas about creative and critical thinking in music education
6. Apply different interdisciplinary approaches to music teaching and learning
7. Discuss about the implications of music education for changing times
8. Design and implement music lessons that will speak to issues discussed.
Entry Requirements
Practitioners with at least 1 year of music teaching experience.