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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Secondary Instrumental Music Education
  • Unit Code

    MUE6305
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jason John GOOPY

Description

In this unit, students will examine the unique pedagogy and methodologies associated with running a variety of instrumental ensembles in secondary schools. The unit will examine different ensemble contexts, including orchestral, concert band, jazz band, rock band and choral ensembles, and consider behavioural and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction. In addition, it will examine the differences between junior and senior secondary ensembles. It will examine teacher / student relationships, motivation, performance and group performance anxiety, assessment, administration and the legal responsibilities faced by ensemble directors in schools, as well as the role of ensembles within the broader Curriculum Framework.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed MUE6205

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUE4105, MUE4305

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare various existing philosophies and methodologies of music education as they pertain to ensemble direction.
  2. Describe the administrative and legal responsibilities associated with running a secondary school music ensemble.
  3. Differentiate relevant repertoire across a range of ensembles from concert band, choir and orchestra, to jazz and rock bands.
  4. Discuss the issues of motivation, performance and performance anxiety in effective ensemble direction.
  5. Evaluate both behavioural and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction.
  6. Interpret the WA P-10 syllabus and WACE ATAR course, particularly as they relate to secondary school ensembles.

Unit Content

  1. Behaviourist and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction.
  2. Pedagogy, with specific reference to repertoire for each ensemble.
  3. Pedagogy and methodologies associated with running concert bands, choirs, orchestras, jazz bands and rock bands.
  4. Performance and assessment as it relates to the Curriculum Framework.
  5. Related areas including group performance anxiety, administrative and legal responsibilities.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioRepertoire review & conducting50%
AssignmentConcert organisation problem solving50%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Secondary Instrumental Music Education
  • Unit Code

    MUE6305
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jason John GOOPY

Description

In this unit, students will examine the unique pedagogy and methodologies associated with running a variety of instrumental ensembles in secondary schools. The unit will examine different ensemble contexts, including orchestral, concert band, jazz band, rock band and choral ensembles, and consider behavioural and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction. In addition, it will examine the differences between junior and senior secondary ensembles. It will examine teacher / student relationships, motivation, performance and group performance anxiety, assessment, administration and the legal responsibilities faced by ensemble directors in schools, as well as the role of ensembles within the broader Curriculum Framework.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed MUE6205

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUE4105, MUE4305

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare various existing philosophies and methodologies of music education as they pertain to ensemble direction.
  2. Differentiate relevant repertoire across a range of ensembles from concert band, choir and orchestra to jazz and rock bands.
  3. Discuss the issues of motivation, performance and performance anxiety in effective ensemble direction.
  4. Evaluate both behavioural and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction.
  5. Interpret the WA P-10 syllabus and WACE ATAR course, particularly as they relate to secondary school ensembles.

Unit Content

  1. Behaviourist and constructivist approaches to ensemble direction.
  2. Pedagogy, with specific reference to repertoire for each ensemble.
  3. Performance and assessment as it relates to the Curriculum Framework.
  4. Pedagogy and methodologies associated with running concert bands, choirs, orchestras, jazz bands and rock bands.
  5. Related areas including group performance anxiety, administrative and legal responsibilities.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered12 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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLesson plans and practice guides60%
AssignmentPractical teaching workshop40%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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