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Learning Area Music B 1 (EDUC90465)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
Neryl Jeanneret: nerylj@unimelb.edu.au
Sue Arney: susan.arney@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject is an introduction to the field of music education where teacher candidates will examine co-curricular music in international, Australian and Victorian educational contexts e.g. the Victorian Curriculum. The main focus is co-curricular music in the school setting and its integration with classroom music and the whole school music program. This includes vocal and instrumental pedagogies from beginner to Year 12 exit level in the context of both group and individual tuition, and ensemble direction. Teacher Candidates will examine curriculum development, implementation and assessment, as applied to co-curricular contexts, as well as elements of arranging and conducting. Particular reference will be made to curriculum authorities’ current policies and material. Music-specific literacy, such as developing the ability to articulate abstract musical concepts related to performance, and numeracy (e.g., ratio, tuning) will also be examined.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
- Critically reflect on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice in music, including the creation of effective learning environments with a focus on co-curricular music (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.1).
- Understand how to design lesson plans and learning sequences in co-curricular music, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources (Graduate Standards 2.2, 2.3, 3.2).
- Understand how to set learning goals in co-curricular music that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1).
- Select appropriate strategies to differentiate teaching in co-curricular music to meet specific needs of students, drawing on digital technologies and literacy and numeracy understandings in order to engage and empower students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4).
- Evaluate teaching programs relevant to co-curricular music to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.6).
- Identify assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning in co-curricular music (Graduate Standards 5.1, 5.4).
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiry and research
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Teacher Candidates must meet the minimum academic study requirements for teaching in specialist areas, in accordance with the Victorian Institute of Teaching's Specialist Area Guidelines, for entry into this subject.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90463 | Learning Area Music A 1 | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90908 | Clinical Teaching Practice (Sec) 1 |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Minimum three years performance in undergraduate degree.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Written assignment and arranging project (2500 words equivalent) due mid semester (50%)
- Curriculum project and Reflective Peer Teaching Assignment (2500 words equivalent) due end of semester (50%)
Hurdle requirements:
- Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Neryl Jeanneret Coordinator Sue Arney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 February 2019 to 22 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 25 February 2019 Census date 8 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2019 Assessment period ends 15 June 2019 February contact information
Neryl Jeanneret: nerylj@unimelb.edu.au
Sue Arney: susan.arney@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Current state and national curriculum and policy documents related to music and the arts.
Collection of readings
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024