Teaching Methodology for Music Education III (Curricula and Syllabus) - 2nd semester
Code
722160096
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Isabel Maria Lopes Figueiredo, João Nogueira
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Plan, teach and evaluate music education classes;
- Search, collect and analyze critically the information necessary for the formulation and resolution of problems resulting from educational practice.
- Reflect on the teacher´s role, practices and attitudes regarding musical education.
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
Characterization, analysis and critical discussion of official documents of the discipline of Music Education; The Manhattanville Music Curriculum Program and Jump Right In; The syllabus and the music education textbooks.
Notions of choral and ensemble direction. Verbal and non-verbal aspects of the behavior of the music education teacher.
Planning in music education: aims and objectives.
Dimensions of musical education: listening, sound comprehension, musical performance, notational reading and writing, theoretical knowledge, improvisation, composition, creativity and sound experimentalism;
Assessment in music education: activities, recordings, scales and observation grids.
The reflective cycle of the teacher.
Bibliography
Clements, A. C. (Ed.) (2010). Alternative approaches in music education: Case studies from the field. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Conway, C., & Hodgman, T. (2006). Handbook for the beginning music teacher. Chicago: GIA Publications
Gordon, E. E. (2011). Learning sequences in music: A contemporary music learning theory (2012 Edition). Chicago: GIA.
Green, L. (2014). Hear, listen, play! : How to free your students´ aural, improvisation, and performance skills. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hallam, S., & Creech, A. (2010). Music education in the 21st century in the United Kingdom: Achievements, analysis and aspirations. London: Institute of Education.
Paynter, J., & Mills, J. (2008). Thinking and making : Selections from the writings of John Paynter on music in education. Oxford:Oxford University Press.
Schafer, M. R. (1992). O ouvido pensante. São Paulo: UNESP
Swanwick, K. (2015). A developing discourse in music education: The selected works of Keith Swanwick. London: Routledge.
Teaching method
Lecturing about the programmatic contents.
Analysis and discussion of texts, videos and other documents.
Practical exercises of simulation, recreating different contexts of teaching of musical education.
Evaluation method
The evaluation shall be based on the following elements:
1) Two duly planned individual simulations of music education teaching activities (50%);
2) An essay based on a scientific article, integrating issues relevant to the teaching practice of music education (40%);
3) Attendance, participation and self-evaluation (10%).