EDF5166 · Music education in the secondary years 1B

Overview

This unit builds on the key ideas and methods in teaching and learning music introduced in EDF5165 Music education in the secondary years 1A. Further, this unit supports all music teaching and learning including that offered by instrumental specialist teachers. It provides you with opportunities to develop your subject matter knowledge and skills relevant to teaching in secondary schools. This unit focuses primarily on senior secondary school music. You will be encouraged to further refine your attitudes and approaches to music education through critical reflection, research, analysis and evaluation as part of your professional work. In turn, you will further develop the required research skills considered necessary for contemporary educators. This is particularly pertinent for class music educators, many of whom are already experienced instrumental teachers and music professionals. The unit employs a pedagogical approach that connects theoretical and experiential learning, understanding these embedded practices to be interrelated and interdependent. As part of this cycle of learning, you are expected to engage in planning, presenting and evaluating teaching sequences through critical reflection, research and analysis of pedagogical reasoning. Furthermore, the unit reinforces a view of learning about teaching as an ongoing, collaborative process.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. outline and critique key theoretical and pedagogical perspectives and issues in the teaching of music drawing on professional experience, research and analysis
2. translate conceptual ideas and practical processes about music and music engagement into classroom learning activities for students
3. facilitate and critically analyse a performative, experiential approach to learning including outlining a variety of assessment techniques suitable to support learning in diverse music education situations
4. critically analyse senior secondary curriculum and assessment approaches in music education
5. demonstrate ability to plan and implement lessons and units of work
6. explain the diversity of learnings and musics experienced by students, colleagues and peers and apply these to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences
7. demonstrate a capacity to plan and design holistic learning opportunities and outline a wide variety of learning and teaching strategies that support the connections between music theory and practice in developing a personal approach to teaching music.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.