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MUSE 459

MUSE 459
METHODS AND PRACTICUM FOR PERFORMING ENSEMBLES

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MUSE 459. Methods and Practicum for Performing Ensembles

(3)Three hours lecture.

Prerequisite:  Admission to the Music Teacher Education program. 

A study of techniques for planning, teaching, and managing successful school performing ensembles.  At least ten hours observation/participation in schools are required.

 

Content 

  1. The Roles, Values and Purposes in Music Education
    1. Philosophical foundations for education and music education
    2. Historical foundations for education and music education
    3. Sociological foundations for education and music education
  2. The overall music curriculum, PreK-12
    1. Curricular planning
      1. Published Curricula
      2. Building a Personal Curriculum Resource Library
      3. Long-term Curriculum Planning
      4. Unit Planning
      5. Lesson Planning
      6. Sequential Teaching Cycles
      7. Assessment of Student Learning
      8. Individual differences among children:  economic, social, racial, ethnic, religious, physical, and mental
      9. Multicultural music and music of non-western cultures
    2. Impact of the National Music Standards
    3. Impact of the Virginia Standards of Learning
    4. Copyright law (print, sound, technology)
    5. Safety and security in the classroom
    6. Other legal and ethical issues in education
    7. Using music to support instruction in reading and other non-music content areas
    8. Other contemporary issues
  3. Communication skills for effective administration and instruction of school music programs
    1. Written communication
    2. Oral communication
    3. Non-verbal communication
  4. Management issues for school music
    1. Competitions and festivals
    2. Scheduling
    3. Budgets
    4. Facilities, equipment and inventory
    5. The music library
    6. Staying organized
      1. Keeping a personal calendar
      2. Filing systems
      3. The use of computers
    7. Reporting Systems
      1. Grading Systems
      2. Computer-based grade books
    8. Classroom management
      1. Development of a discipline plan
      2. Managing students with exceptionalities
      3. The inclusive music classroom
    9. Public relations
    10. Booster groups
    11. Fundraising
    12. Travel
    13. Technology
      1. Instructional uses
      2. Administrative uses
      3. Professional growth and development uses
      4. Legal and ethical issues in technology
  5. Laboratory
    1. A minimum of 10 hours of observation/participation in public school music classes
    2. Peer teaching exercises
    3. Collegiate NAfME membership and participation

 

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

The course includes reading assignments, discussion, lecture, papers, class presentations, exams, and field experience.  A minimum of 10 hours observation/participation in secondary school music programs is required as part of the laboratory field experience.

 

Goals and Objectives of the Course

At the conclusion of the course, the student will:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of the philosophical, historical and sociological foundations underlying public education and music education in the United States,
  2. demonstrate the skills to develop a comprehensive music curriculum in relation to state and National Standards,
  3. demonstrate effective oral, written and non-verbal communication skills,
  4. demonstrate skills in research, writing and presentation,
  5. explain the pros and cons of music contest/festival participation,
  6. describe the process of planning the calendar of activities of music programs,
  7. explain how to organize a music office, including the use of filing systems,
  8. explain how to keep track of and organize inventory in a music program,
  9. describe procedures for organizing and maintaining school music libraries,
  10. explain the general procedures involved in budgeting, requisitioning, and purchasing as it applies to school music programs,
  11. demonstrate skill in promoting the music program through public relations techniques,
  12. identify and develop hands-on uses of appropriate hardware and software in the organization, administration, and instruction of music in the schools,
  13. discuss basic procedures to be followed when fundraising for school groups,
  14. discuss the role(s) and management of music booster organizations,
  15. discuss basic procedures to be followed when traveling with school groups,
  16. demonstrate a commitment to professional growth through active membership in collegiate NAfME,
  17. organize and save coursepack materials, weekly journals, class discussion notes, projects, and other ancillary hard-copy sources onto a digital storage drive for use as a resource in the teaching career,
  18. demonstrate professional competence with a variety of contemporary issues affecting music education, such as implications of legal and ethical issues in education, using non-western materials and accommodating individual differences among children, and
  19. demonstrate the ability to provide instruction which supports the National Standards for Arts Education (Music) and the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) for Music and other subject areas.

 

Assessment Measures

Assessment will include Socratic class discussions, papers, budget and fundraising projects, written and oral tests, professional development logs, homework  and reading assignments, discipline plan project, peer teaching, class presentations, and a digital archive of course materials. 

 

Other Course Information

None

 

Review and Approval

February, 2021

November, 2021

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