Specialist Certificate in Inclusive Music Teaching (SC-IMUSTCH) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate an advanced understanding and knowledge of how educational theory and research inform inclusive education music pedagogy;
• demonstrate an advanced understanding of critical disability theory;
• demonstrate an advanced understanding of the impact of neurodevelopmental conditions and/or learning differences on music skills training;
• critically analyse how educational theories, debates, policies and research informs teaching practice;
• assess, design and evaluate music education programs for a diverse range of music learners;
• interpret and design relevant curriculum and pedagogy to engage a diverse population of music learners;
• demonstrate an advanced understanding of how interventionist teaching practices that promote participation and inclusion of diverse music learners;
• make carefully reasoned and appropriately documented decisions relevant to curriculum design for diverse music learners, drawing on appropriate theoretical and research principles and methods;
• demonstrate an advanced understanding of practical, safe and supportive approaches to promote positive behaviours.

Generic skills

• An advanced understanding of the changing knowledge base in the specialist area;
• Advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline;
• Advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship;
• A capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations;
• A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work;
• An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership in the specialist area;
• The capacity to value and participate in projects which require team-work;
• An understanding of the significance and value of their knowledge to the wider community (including business and industry);
• A capacity to engage where appropriate with issues in contemporary society.