COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5056 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF TEKIN GÜRGEN

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

During this course, the psychological effects of music which is not completely discovered yet will be discussed theoretically and methodelogically. The aim of this course is to discuss the backgrounds of developmental psychology of music and the way we learn music and to discover the concepts like ability. And to discover the importance of music on daily life by investigating the studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to; identify and explain the basic concepts of the psychology of music studies related with how individuals or people s perceive the music,
2   know the methods and aproaches used in psychology of music studies and be aware of the restrictions and future potentials of these methods,
3   describe the development of theories and models on psychology of music,
4   comprehend the knowledge and studies on psychology of music with critical view.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Developmental psychology of music Basic concepts and approaches
2 Musical potential and ability Absolute pitch and congenital amusia etc.
3 Effects of music on brain development Infant Studies
4 Formal and Informal learning Researches of Folkestad
5 Formal and Informal Learning
6 Music teaching methods Orff, Kodaly etc.
7 Pre-school and school
8 Adulthood
9 Parental role on musical development
10 Learning via music Pragmatic use of music
11 Models of musical therapy Pragmatic use of music
12 Midterm exam
13 Students' presentations

Recomended or Required Reading


Deutsch, D. (Ed.). (2013). Psychology of music. Elsevier.
Folkestad, G. (2006). Formal and informal learning situations or practices vs formal and informal ways of learning. British journal of music education, 23 (2) 135-145.
Folkestad, G. (2005). Here, there and everywhere: music education research in a globalised world. Music education research, 7(3), 279-287.
Gürgen, E. T. (2016). Musical preference and music education: Musical preferences of Turkish university students and their levels in genre identification. International Journal of Music Education, 34(4), 459-471.
Grekow, J. (2018). From Content-based Music Emotion Recognition to Emotion Maps of Musical Pieces. Poland: Springer International Publishing.
Gürgen, E.T. (2018). Parent involvement in learning the piano: Autonomy support. Journal of International Social Research, 11(61).
Hargreaves, D. J. (1986). The developmental psychology of music. Cambridge University Press.
Hallam, S., Cross, I., & Thaut, M. (Eds.). (2011). Oxford handbook of music psychology. Oxford University Press.
Lehmann, A.C., Sloboda, J. A. Woody, R. H. (2007). Psychology for musicians: Understanding and acquiring the skills, Oxford: Oxford
Levitin, D. J. (2015). Müziğin etkisindeki beyin: Bir saplantının bilimsel incelemesi. Istanbul: Pegasus yayınları.
McPherson, G. E. (2009). The role of parents in children s musical development, Psychology of Music, 37(1),91-110.
McPherson, G.E., & Davidson, J.W. (2002). Musical practice: Mother and child interactions during the first year of learning an instrument. Music Education Research, 4(1), 141-156.
North, A. C., & Hargreaves, D. J. (2008). The social and applied psychology of music. NewYork: Oxford University Press.
Rentfrow, P. J., & Gosling, S. D. (2003). The do re mi's of everyday life: the structure and personality correlates of music preferences. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(6), 1236.
Thaut, M., & Hoemberg, V. (Eds.). (2014). Handbook of neurologic music therapy. Oxford University Press (UK).

Other Materials Related to the Course:

Audio and vidieo materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses include the fundemental concepts of psychology of music and discussion of the methods and technics used in this field. Case reports and concept mapping methods will be used during the lessons.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course assessment criteria are specified in the course assessment methods/plans.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.tekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

could be contacted at any time during course days

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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