COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN THE 21'ST CENTURY MUSIC TEACHING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 5061 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN THE 21'ST CENTURY MUSIC TEACHING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKAY EBRU TUNCER BOON

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to examine and compare alternative music education programs and teaching approaches selected from the existing practices in the field of music education and teaching today. The student will examine these approaches and methods in their historical, philosophical, socio-cultural, scientific, economic or technological contexts and will evaluate these approaches and practices both in the context of universal and local dynamics and in terms of their needs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to create an individual and professional music education philosophy.
2   To be able to recognize and understand alternative music education and teaching practices and approaches through examples selected from music education practices in the world.
3   To be able to relate, compare and critically evaluate alternative practices existing in the field of music education and teaching.
4   To be able to evaluate alternative practices, approaches and methods that exist in the field of music education and teaching in their historical, philosophical, socio-cultural, scientific, economic or technological contexts.
5   To be able to evaluate and discuss these approaches and practices in the context of the universal and local dynamics / needs of the age.
6   To be able to evaluate and discuss these approaches and practices in the context of individual professional and scientific needs, and adapt them to academic practice and studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Why music education
2 Music education philosophy. Music education as aesthetic education, "praxial" music education.
3 Learning theories and developments in music education. (Dewey, Vygotsky, Bandura)
4 Music behavior, brain and neuroscience.
5 Multiculturalism in music education. Intercultural and culturally sensitive music education.
6 Critical pedagogy and music education
7 Popular music, informal and non-traditional programs and teaching approaches.
8 Popular music, informal and non-traditional programs and teaching approaches.
9 Community music
10 Music education and therapy
11 Technology and music education
12 Lifelong and self-learning skills and music education.
13 Learning to learn.
14 Music teacher as a musician.
15 Music teacher as a researcher. Developing critical and creative thinking in music class. Socratic method.
16 Final Exam/Research Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Hodges, D. A., & Sebald, D. C. (2011). Music in the human experience. New York, NY: Routledge.
Lehmann, A. C., Sloboda, J. A. & Woody, R. H. (2007). Psychology for musicians. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Levitin, D. J. (2006). This is your brain on music: The science of a human obsession. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Motivation in education: Theory, research, and application (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.
Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education. ByDavid J. Elliott. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder and Herder, 1972.
Hammond, Z., & Jackson, Y. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching and the brain: Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Chicago.
Lee Higgins (2012). Community Music in Theory and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Research studies, presentations, and participation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.boon@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Reading 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Project Preparation 1 20 20
Preparing report 1 20 20
Project Assignment 1 3 3
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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