Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Music Arts in Early Childhood EducationUnit Code
MUE2240Year
2015Enrolment Period
1Version
2Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
This unit examines the role of music in the development of children 0-8 years, including the development of appropriate musical experiences for young children with diverse background and needs. Students have the opportunity to develop their musical knowledge and skills and their arts literacy through practical workshops, collaborative group work, workplace experiences and the use of ICT.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded MUE2110
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Collaboratively plan and select appropriate repertoire and resources to provide experiences for the development of music knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of music within the current curriculum documents.
- Demonstrate effective teaching techniques of music within an early childhood education context.
- Discuss basic elements, skills and attitudes necessary for the effective teaching of music.
- Discuss the use of music as an expressive learning process to create, convey and contextualise meaning.
- Explain the importance of children's creativity, imagination and play in their educational, social, physical and emotional development.
Unit Content
- Integrated approaches to the Arts curriculum.
- Methodology or teaching and learning strategies in early childhood music education.
- Music as a creative and expressive learning process.
- Music resources.
- Music theories to enable pre-service teachers to select appropriate resources.
- Personal music skills and knowledge.
- Use of technologies in the Arts.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Lectures and workshops supplemented by videos and required readings, Collaborative group work.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Presentation and paper | 50% |
| Creative Work | Creative work and paper | 50% |
Text References
- ^ Pound and Harrison (2003) Supporting Musical Development in the Early Years Open University Press:UK
- Bresler, L., & Marme-Thompson, C. (Eds.). (2002). The arts in children?s lives. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Noonan, S. (2005). Hands on music outcomes. Perth, WA: Rossendale Press.
- Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., & O'Toole, J. (2012). Education in the arts: Teaching and learning. 2nd Melbourne, AUS: Oxford University Press.
- Campbell, P. S., & Scott-Kassner, C. (2006). Music in childhood: From pre-school through the elementary grades. New York: Schirmer Books.
- Wright, S. (2012). Children, meaning-making and the arts. 2nd Australia: Pearson Education.
- Edwards, L. C., Bayless, K. M., & Ramsey, M. E. (2005). Music: A way of life for young children. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
- Flohr, J. W. (2005). The musical lives of young children. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
- MacDonald, R., Hargreaves, D., & Miell. D. (Eds.). (2002). Musical identities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Music Arts in Early Childhood EducationUnit Code
MUE2240Year
2015Enrolment Period
2Version
2Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
This unit examines the role of music in the development of children birth to 8 years, including the development of appropriate musical experiences for young children with diverse background and needs. Students have the opportunity to develop their musical knowledge and skills and their arts literacy through practical workshops, collaborative group work, workplace experiences and the use of ICT.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded MUE2110
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Collaboratively plan and select appropriate repertoire and resources to provide experiences for the development of music knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of music within the current curriculum documents.
- Demonstrate effective teaching techniques of music within an early childhood education context.
- Discuss basic elements, skills and attitudes necessary for the effective teaching of music.
- Discuss the use of music as an expressive learning process to create, convey and contextualise meaning.
- Explain the importance of children's creativity, imagination and play in their educational, social, physical and emotional development.
Unit Content
- Australian Curriculum, The National Quality Standard, The Early Years Learning Framework and other relevant documents.
- Integrated approaches to the Arts curriculum.
- Methodology or teaching and learning strategies in early childhood music education.
- Music as a creative and expressive learning process.
- Music resources.
- Music theories to enable pre-service teachers to select appropriate resources.
- Personal music skills and knowledge.
- Use of technologies in the Arts.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Lectures and workshops supplemented by videos and required readings, Collaborative group work.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Presentation and paper | 50% |
| Creative Work | Creative work and paper | 50% |
ONLINE| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Presentation and Paper | 50% |
| Creative Work | Creative Work and Paper | 50% |
Text References
- ^ Pound and Harrison (2003) Supporting Musical Development in the Early Years Open University Press:UK
- Noonan, S. (2005). Hands on music outcomes. Perth, WA: Rossendale Press.
- MacDonald, R., Hargreaves, D., & Miell. D. (Eds.). (2002). Musical identities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Flohr, J. W. (2005). The musical lives of young children. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
- Edwards, L. C., Bayless, K. M., & Ramsey, M. E. (2005). Music: A way of life for young children. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.
- Campbell, P. S., & Scott-Kassner, C. (2006). Music in childhood: From pre-school through the elementary grades. New York: Schirmer Books.
- Sinclair, C., Jeanneret, N., & O'Toole, J. (2012). Education in the arts: Teaching and learning. 2nd Melbourne, AUS: Oxford University Press.
- Wright, S. (2012). Children, meaning-making and the arts. 2nd Australia: Pearson Education.
- Bresler, L., & Marme-Thompson, C. (Eds.). (2002). The arts in children?s lives. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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