MUSI235-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Studies in Music Education

This occurrence is not offered in 2014

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 May 2014

Description

An introduction to music education in a broad perspective through a study of its philosophy, scope and practice in New Zealand and abroad.

Course Content
(i) Values and methods in music education as exemplified in the philosophy of Carl Orff
(ii) The New Zealand setting – early childhood,primary and secondary school music - the Music Education Syllabus – the Arts Curriculum – music in the community and private studios
(iii)   Musician life in teaching, systems, standards, management, motivation, technology, assessment in music education.

Prerequisites

Any one of MUSI130, 131, 171, 102 or 105, or
at least 30 points in non-music courses and evidence of music reading ability as approved by the Programme Coordinator.

Timetable Note

LECTURE TIMETABLE

February
Mon 18:  Orff Workshop  1
Tue 19: Course introduction including seminar requirements
Mon 25:  Orff Workshop  2
Tue 26:  Library resources (Education Library)

March
Mon 4:  Orff Workshop 3
Tue 5:  Music education syllabus (1989)  1
Mon 11:  Orff Workshop 4
Tue 12:  Music for early childhood
Mon 18:  Musician life in teaching / Great minds
Tue 19:  Music in the primary school
Mon 25:  Systems and standards of music education
Tue 26:  Music in the secondary school  [Assignment due]

MID-SEMESTER BREAK

April
Mon 22:  Management and motivation; technology in music education: Assessment in music
Tue 23:  Music teachers in the community (1)        
Mon 29:  Student seminars 1
Tue 30:  Music teachers in the community (2)  

May
Mon 6:  Student seminars 2
Tue 7:  Music education syllabus 1989 (2)                                            
Mon 13:  Student seminars 3
Tue 14:  Music in the Arts Curriculum
Mon 20:  Student seminars 4 [Seminars papers due]
Tue 21:  Music in the NZ Curriculum
Mon 27:  Final test (50%)
Tue 28:  Course review

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Roger Buckton

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 26 Mar 2013 25%
Seminar 28 May 2013 25% Topic to be selected by 19 March. Presentation no longer than 15 minutes plus a little extra time for questions to be held during the period 7-28 May. It should also be in written form to be handed in no later than 28 May.
Final Test 27 May 2013 50%


ASSIGNMENT - due 26 March [limit 1200-2000 words - provide word count]  

These questions are based on  Sound Ideas Vol 1 No. 1, Vol 1 No. 2, Vol 5 No. 1, Vol  5 No. 2, Vol 6 No 1.  All five editions can be purchased as a package from the School of Music office for $20.

(1)  Choose any three of the four profiled music educators and write an essay on similarities and differences in their career paths and attitudes to music education.  [Maximum 750 words]    
   
(2)  Using all five journals as resources, discuss the question of specialism in primary school music education in New Zealand.  [Maximum 1000 words]  

Note that there will also be a test question on the contents of these sources.

2.  SEMINAR presented during the period 29 April – 28 May

These seminars are designed to give you the opportunity to develop a music education topic of your own choice for presentation to the rest of the class.  The presentation should be no longer than 15 minutes plus a little extra time for questions.  The presentation should also be in written form to be handed in no later than 6 June.  The topic can be one which is of special interest and concern to you about an aspect such as methodology.  It is hoped that at least one of the papers will be suitable for publication in Sound Ideas.  As such, it is suggested that papers address a wide range of interested music educators.

It might be that you prefer to compose a piece of music which has special significance in music education.  The piece should be performed to the class and it is your responsibility to arrange for this to happen.  You should provide written and verbal details as to how you would teach the piece (if appropriate, teach it to members of the class) and how it fits overall into your methodology.

Select your topic by 19 March and be prepared to share a short outline of your topic and your planned approach to the study with the class.

The written papers will be assessed for content.  Presentation will be taken into consideration but is not an important factor in the marking criteria.  Your proposed topic should be handed in for approval (with a brief précis of contents) with the assignment noted above.  If there is a compelling reason why your presentation should be on a certain date(s) please note this also.

Topics involving research with human subjects must comply with the University's Human Ethics policies.  These will be discussed in class but if in doubt speak to the Course Co-ordinator.  

Topics (not titles) that have been included in the past:
Music and religion
Aesthetic education and music or children
The musical characteristics of ... eg, very young children
Musical perception before and at birth
Psychological aspects of performance
Learning and educational benefits of playing in bands, orchestras, etc
Group teaching
Music in a selected aspect of special education
Aspects of music therapy

Papers to be handed in no later than 28 May.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Campbell, Patricia Shehan. , Demorest, Steven M., Morrison, Steven J; Musician and teacher : an orientation to music education ; 1st ed; W.W. Norton, 2008.

Recommended:
FRAZEE, Jane, Discovering Orff, New York, Shott, 1987
MILLS, Janet, Music in the primary school, Cambridge University Press 1991
CHOKSKY, Lois, The Kodaly method, Prentice-Hall, 1974
ELLIOTT, David J, Music Matters, New York, Oxford University Press, 1995
Sound Ideas, School of Music.  Volume 1 No. 1, Volume 2 No. 2, Volume 5 Nos 1 and 2, Volume 6 No 1.  Available from the School of Music Resource Room ($20 for 5 issues).

Contemporary Creative Music Approaches - a number of books by Murray Schafer, eg, Ear Cleaning:  notes for an experimental music course.  Scarborough, Ontario:  Berdandol Music, 1969.
PAYNTER, John and ASTON, Peter,  Sound and silence, London: Cambridge:  University Wellington:  

Psychology and Child Development
ABELES, H. F., HOFFER, C. R., & KLOTMAN, R. H. (1994). Foundations of music education (2nd ed.). New York: Schirmer.
BUCKTON, R. and MANINS, S., (1987) Optimal ages and stages in developing musical activities and concepts, affective response to music, instrumental and vocal training:  a survey of research literature.  The Canterbury Series:  Studies in Music Education, No. 2. School of Music, University of Canterbury.
HALLAM, S. (1998). Instrumental teaching: A practical guide to better teaching and learning. Oxford: Heinemann.
PARNCUTT, R., & MCPHERSON, G. E. (Eds.) (2002). The science and psychology of music performance: Creative strategies for teaching and learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
SCHUTER-DYSON, R. and GABRIEL, C.,  The psychology of musical ability.  London: Methuen, 1981.
SLOBODA, J. A. (1985). The musical mind: The cognitive psychology of music. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
SLOBODA, J. A. (1988). Generative processes in music: The psychology of performance, improvisation, and composition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
SPRUCE, G. (Ed.) (1996). Teaching music. London: Routledge.
TIGHE, T. J., & DOWLING, W. J. (1993). Psychology and music: The understanding of melody and rhythm. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

New Zealand official publications
Syllabus for Schools Music Education, Early Childhood to Form Seven:  Ministry of Education, 1990
Music education for young children, Wellington: Learning Media 1993
Music education, standard two to form two: a handbook for teachers.  Wellington:  Learning Media, 1992
Music education in secondary schools, Wellington:  Learning Media 1994
The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum, Wellington: Learning Media, 2000
The New Zealand Curriculum (nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/)

Music Education in the Community
SMALL, C.,  Music, society, education . . .   New York, Schirmer Books, 1977
Recent NZSME National Conference Books, ISME Community Music Commission and The Canterbury Series:  Studies in Music Education Nos 1, 3, 4 and 5 publications are most useful sources.
JENNINGS, J.M.,  Let the children play:  the first twenty-five years of the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music 1955-1980.  The Canterbury Series of Bibliographies, Catalogues and Source documents in Music No. 4.
JENNINGS, J.M., The music teaching profession in New Zealand:  a jubilee history of the Music Teachers' Registration Board of New Zealand.  Music Teachers Registration Board of New Zealand

Throughout the course, frequent reference will also be made to, and readings recommended  from:
(i)   Yearbooks and other publications of the International Society for Music Education (ISME)
(ii)  The Journal of Research in Music Education
(iii)  Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.  
(iv)  Sound Ideas and the e-journal of studies in music education

Web sites:
*  Access to MERC data base of all NZ music education books and papers http://www.merc.canterbury.ac.nz
*  Course materials and class blog at http://aha.canterbury.ac.nz
*  ARTS ON LINE Music sections http://www.artsonline.tki.org.nz

Course links

Library portal

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.


Criteria for marking:
i The extent to which the student demonstrates the ability to recognise aims and values beyond the immediately apparent and has read sufficiently widely to appreciate the potential value of music education.
ii The extent to which the student demonstrates an understanding of the sources, not only for the details they contain but what has not been included.
iii The ability to express views objectively and clearly.
iv   Clarity of written expression associated with scholarly use of opinion.

Late submission of work

All items of assessment must be submitted by the due date and time. In the case of illness or critical circumstance which might make it impossible for an item to be submitted in time, contact must be made with the Course Coordinator before the due date and application made for an extension of time. The application must explain the circumstances of the delay, and any extension will be at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.

Where to submit and collect work

All essay and assignment material must be firmly secured (stapled, or bound in a folder), and contain on the front page or cover the following information: Student name, Course number, Lecturer. Unless the class is instructed to the contrary, the assignment should be posted in the appropriate box at the School of Music counter by the due date.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $748.00

International fee $3,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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