Music Learning, Teaching and Research (MUSI90150)

This subject provides students with an overview of the various factors that influence the provision of an effective music education for young people. This includes historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological and methodological factors that provide a context for instrumental music teaching. Students are introduced to a wide range of music teaching methodologies that their own future pupils are likely to have experienced: these are the Dalcroze, Orff, Kodály, Suzuki, Yamaha, Musical Futures, Wider Opportunities, SingUp and other contemporary approaches, including the applications of information and communication technologies to music learning. Students will be introduced to the role of the music teacher as a researcher with an overview of the nature of scholarly and practitioner-based research, the major paradigms, methods and data collection / analysis techniques, and reporting / dissemination conventions that apply to music performance learning and teaching.