COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC AND MUSIC EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 6040 PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC AND MUSIC EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKAY EBRU TUNCER BOON

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course intends to deeply understand the processes of human music behavior from both the psychological and musical perspectives. The theoretical discussions on the evolutionary foundations of human musicality, the discussions of how the sound, movement and music experience in neuroscience studies, language development, music learning processes will be discussed based on the data of the recent research. The student will be able to develop a research project by using the content of this lesson, choosing the topics or subjects that he or she would like to study in the field of music psychology and theories and models developed on music education, music behavior and music learning

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the evolutionary bases of human musicality. Explain and recognize the components of sound and hearing.
2   Recognize the new research and theories that have been studied in the context of cognitive neuroscience and music psychology in the processes of learning music. To be able to relate these data with subjects through music education and teaching.
3   To be able to understand and discuss the relationship between musical talents and skills and cognitive / affective / motor skills.
4   To be able to argue in the light of the fact that the processes of learning and theories of music and cognitive skills / intelligence / behavior and learning processes of musical behaviors in different cultures, groups and individuals, to be able to develop a debate on this data and to create his/her own synthesis.
5   To be able to relate cognitive performance to the cultural context of music behavior and music learning processes.
6   To develop professional beliefs and perspectives on why and how musical behavior should be improved.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to music psychology
2 The nature and evolution of sound, hearing and human musicality. Development of the ear and hearing.
3 Brain and music. Musician's brain. Learning music behavior and music.
4 The relationship between musical experience / behavior and brain development and cognitive skills. Relation of music and language development. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
5 The relationship between musical experience / behavior and brain development and cognitive skills. Music and success. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
6 The dimensions of the universality of human musicality. Socio-cultural context, cognition and music. The perception and learning of music behavior in socio-cultural context. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
7 The dimensions of the universality of human musicality. Socio-cultural context, cognition and music. The perception and learning of music behavior in socio-cultural context. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
8 The dimensions of the universality of human musicality. Socio-cultural context, cognition and music. The perception and learning of music behavior in socio-cultural context. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
9 Musical behavior and skills: Musical memory, musical potential and musical talents. (Discussion of examples and data from research)
10 Musical behaviors and skills: Motor skills and practice strategies. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
11 Musical behavior, talent and skills: Emotional expression, mind and body relationship. (Discussions on the data of the related research)
12 Musical talent and skills: Musical creativity.
13 Learning music and motivation. Differences in musical learning and development. Creative strategies in musical learning and teaching.
14 Learning music behavior. Self-regulatory learning skills. Metacognitive learning strategies. Individual and group learning dynamics.
15 Discussion and synthesis.
16 Final Exam/Report Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Hodges, D. A., & Sebald, D. C. (2011). Music in the human experience. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hodges, D. (2003) Music education and music psychology: What s the connection Research Studies in Music Education. 21, 31-44.
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.
Parncutt, R. & McPherson, G. E. (2002). The science and psychology of music performance. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Hallam, S., Cross, I., & Thaut, M. (Eds.) (2016). The Oxford handbook of music psychology (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Schunk, D. H., Meece, J. L., & Pintrich, P. R. (2014). Motivation in education: Theory, research, and application (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active learning, research, discussion and presentation.

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

Doing research, reading assignments and in-class discussions. Paper assignments and presentation.

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 6 78
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Reading 1 20 20
Preparing report 1 20 20
Project Assignment 1 3 3
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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