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 Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MUE6711
  • Year

    2018
  • 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 focus on the need for a philosophy of music education and basic wide ranging content as a basis for teaching music in the lower secondary school. Different methodologies such as Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze will be examined, along with issues pertaining to performance, creativity, management and planning in the music setting. The course will also examine in detail general methodologies such as the Active Learning model and its implications for task design in lower secondary class music. These will then be applied across a variety of genres and settings. Practical activities will include an introduction to classroom performance, ensembles and composing.

Equivalent Rule

Replaces MUE4110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise existing philosophies and methodologies of music education.
  2. Discuss the philosophical place of music within the Curriculum Framework, with particular regard to the Four Arts Outcomes.
  3. Build upon their existing practical skills to effectively programme and teach into lower secondary school music.
  4. Discuss the issues associated with teaching music in lower secondary school.
  5. Develop practical skills associated with effective ensemble delivery in secondary schools.

Unit Content

  1. Detailed examination of the philosophies which guide the teaching of music, with particular regard to the WA P-10 curriculum.
  2. Basic programming and lesson preparation, with particular regard to motivation, creativity and practical involvement.
  3. Detailed exploration of the Active Learning model as a framework for programming and teaching in lower secondary school.
  4. Exploration of other methodologies such as Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze and their practical application.
  5. Examination of assessment, moderation and evaluation within the P-10 curriculum.
  6. Examination of practical issues associated with teaching lower secondary music, including resourcing, outsourcing, gender issues, school politics and community involvement, given the changing contextual and social framework in which music is taught.
  7. Basic ensemble direction skills, including conducting and choral direction.

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

Lectures, Direct instruction, Workshops, Guest lecturers, Problem based learning in groups.

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
AssignmentAssignment 140%
WorkshopAssignment 2 & Workshops60%

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.

  • Unit Title

    Music Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MUE6711
  • Year

    2018
  • 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 focus on the need for a philosophy of music education and basic wide ranging content as a basis for teaching music in the lower secondary school. Different methodologies such as Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze will be examined, along with issues pertaining to performance, creativity, management and planning in the music setting. The course will also examine in detail general methodologies such as the Active Learning model and its implications for task design in lower secondary class music. These will then be applied across a variety of genres and settings. Practical activities will include an introduction to classroom performance, ensembles and composing.

Equivalent Rule

Replaces MUE4110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise existing philosophies and methodologies of music education.
  2. Discuss the philosophical place of music within the Curriculum Framework, with particular regard to the Four Arts Outcomes.
  3. Build upon their existing practical skills to effectively programme and teach into lower secondary school music.
  4. Discuss the issues associated with teaching music in lower secondary school.
  5. Develop practical skills associated with effective ensemble delivery in secondary schools.

Unit Content

  1. Detailed examination of the philosophies which guide the teaching of music, with particular regard to the WA P-10 curriculum.
  2. Basic programming and lesson preparation, with particular regard to motivation, creativity and practical involvement.
  3. Detailed exploration of the Active Learning model as a framework for programming and teaching in lower secondary school.
  4. Exploration of other methodologies such as Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze and their practical application.
  5. Examination of assessment, moderation and evaluation within the P-10 curriculum.
  6. Examination of practical issues associated with teaching lower secondary music, including resourcing, outsourcing, gender issues, school politics and community involvement, given the changing contextual and social framework in which music is taught.
  7. Basic ensemble direction skills, including conducting and choral direction.

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

Lectures, Direct instruction, Workshops, Guest lecturers, Problem based learning in groups.

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
AssignmentAssignment 140%
WorkshopAssignment 2 & Workshops60%

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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