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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Instrumental Music Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MUE6205
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Geoffrey Masterton LOWE

Description

In this unit, students will examine the unique pedagogy and methodologies associated with individual and small group instrumental teaching in music education. The unit will examine a range of different philosophies, including Kodaly and Gordon's Audiation, and consider behavioual and constructivist approaches to instrumental teaching as well as the role of metacognition in developing the self regulated learner. It will examine teacher / student relationships, motivation and performance, and planning and sequencing, assessment and moderation, administration and the unique legal responsibilities faced by instrumental music teachers, as well as the role of instrumental performance within the WACE Music curriculum and the K-10 music syllabus.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUE3105, MUE4205

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare various existing philosophies and methodologies of music education as they relate to instrumental teaching.
  2. Differentiate relevant pedagogy for their own and related instruments.
  3. Evaluate both behavioural and constructivist approaches to instrumental teaching, along with the role of metacognition.
  4. Formulate a personal philosophy for instrumental teaching.
  5. Interpret the WA P-10 syllabus and WACE ATAR music course, particularly as they relate to instrumental music.
  6. Summarise the administrative and legal responsibilities of instrumental teachers.

Unit Content

  1. Behaviourist and constructivist teaching approaches.
  2. Musical philosophies, including Kodaly and Gordon's Audiation.
  3. Pedagogy, with specific reference to instrumental teaching repertoire.
  4. Performance and assessment as it relates to the WACE Music curriculum and the K-10 music syllabus.
  5. Related areas including performance anxiety, administrative and legal responsibilities.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered10 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, Direct instruction, Demonstration, Workshops, Collaborative small group learning, Problem solving, Scores, Hard copy resources, Websites, Technology, including keyboards, computers and sound equipment (where available).

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
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLesson planning40%
PresentationPractical teaching demonstration60%

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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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Instrumental Music Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MUE6205
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Geoffrey Masterton LOWE

Description

In this unit, students will examine the unique pedagogy and methodologies associated with individual and small group instrumental teaching in music education. The unit will examine a range of different philosophies, including Kodaly and Gordon's Audiation, and consider behavioual and constructivist approaches to instrumental teaching as well as the role of metacognition in developing the self regulated learner. It will examine teacher / student relationships, motivation and performance, and planning and sequencing, assessment and moderation, administration and the unique legal responsibilities faced by instrumental music teachers, as well as the role of instrumental performance within the WACE Music curriculum and the K-10 music syllabus.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUE3105, MUE4205

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare various existing philosophies and methodologies of music education as they relate to instrumental teaching.
  2. Differentiate relevant pedagogy for their own and related instruments.
  3. Evaluate both behavioural and constructivist approaches to instrumental teaching, along with the role of metacognition.
  4. Formulate a personal philosophy for instrumental teaching.
  5. Interpret the WA P-10 syllabus and WACE ATAR music course, particularly as they relate to instrumental music.
  6. Summarise the administrative and legal responsibilities of instrumental teachers.

Unit Content

  1. Behaviourist and constructivist teaching approaches.
  2. Musical philosophies, including Kodaly and Gordon's Audiation.
  3. Pedagogy, with specific reference to instrumental teaching repertoire.
  4. Performance and assessment as it relates to the WACE Music curriculum and the K-10 music syllabus.
  5. Related areas including performance anxiety, administrative and legal responsibilities.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered10 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, Direct instruction, Demonstration, Workshops, Collaborative small group learning, Problem solving, Scores, Hard copy resources, Websites, Technology, including keyboards, computers and sound equipment (where available).

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
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLesson planning40%
PresentationPractical teaching demonstration60%

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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