COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACTIVE LEARNING IN MUSIC EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 6029 ACTIVE LEARNING IN MUSIC EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERMIN BILEN

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To gain knowledge and resources about approaches, methods, principles and applications of active learning in music education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the philosophy of active learning in music education.
2   To make connections between the principles of active learning and music education.
3   To know the philosophy, fundamental and tools of Dalcroze-Eurhytmic method.
4   To know the philosophy, fundamental and tools of Kodaly Method.
5   To know the philosophy, fundamental and tools of Orff-Schulwerk.
6   To make connections between Orff-Schulwerk activities and Cooperative learning activities.
7   To know the philosophy, fundamental and tools of Suzuki Method.
8   To create original music education approaches based on active learning methods in music education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Profile of music education in Turkey and comparison of passive interactive teaching and active learning in music education
2 The philosophy of active learning in music education
3 Principals of active learning and music education
4 The philosophy of problem based learning (PBL) method The processes in PBL and role of the learning collimator
5 To prepare the PBL scenarios The feedback and evaluation in PBL
6 PBL and education of music theory in music teacher training PBL and education of instrument in music teacher training
7 The philosophy of Co-operative learning in music education
8 Overview, presentations
9 The techniques of Co-operative learning in music education
10 The philosophy and principals of Dalcroze Eurhtymics
11 The philosophy, principals and media of Kodaly Method
12 Applications of Kodaly Method
13 The philosophy, principals and media of Orff-Schulwerk and applications of Orff-Schulwerk
14 The philosophy of Suzuki Method
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

K. Ün Açıkgöz, Aktif Öğrenme.
K. Ü. Açıkgöz, Işbirlikli Öğrenme.
Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, Probleme Dayalı Öğrenme.
Warner, B. Orff-Schulwerk, Applications for the Classrom.
J. Storms, 101 Music Games for Children.
Chosky, L. Teaching Music in the Twentieth Century.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active Learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentations, exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sermin.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 3 5 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1555423
LO.2555423
LO.3555423
LO.4555423
LO.5555423
LO.6555423
LO.7555423
LO.8555423