Key facts
UNE unit code: EDAE398
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- Trimester 2 - Online
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
As a music teacher, you will have students in your classrooms with a range of social, emotional and academic issues. This online unit will give you a foundation in the psychology of music teaching and learning and some practical strategies for dealing with challenging situations in the classroom.
In this unit you will research how students learn music and develop an appreciation of music and its application, using skills and methods to promote learning and skills acquisition and develop teaching strategies which reflect this and help them learn.
You will gain an understanding of the psychology of your students so that you can make decisions in diverse music teaching contexts and develop effective classroom management skills for the music classroom.
The study of the psychology of music performance will underpin many of your teaching techniques and help you to develop a range of pedagogical strategies for teaching singing, the playing of instruments, listening and composition.
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Teaching period | Mode/location |
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Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
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There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
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Notes
This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate research-based knowledge and understanding of musical creativity, using videoconferencing, and other research topics for music teaching and learning, and of how students learn music, why students learn music in the ways they do, and how diverse backgrounds and different abilities of students may affect the way they learn music (GTSD 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1);
- demonstrate in-depth understanding of the research findings on musical creativity, videoconferencing, the psychology of music teaching and learning, and the psychology of music performance in order to apply them to designing teaching content (GTSD 2.1.1, 2.6.1);
- demonstrate research-based knowledge and understanding in planning and implementing secondary classroom music teaching, including achievable goals, lesson sequences, and a range of pedagogical strategies and teaching resources (GTSD 3.1.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1);
- demonstrate pedagogical skills and knowledge for creating a safe and supportive classroom environment for secondary music by incorporating musical activities that all students can do and providing clear directions for classroom activities (GTSD 4.1.1, 4.2.1); and
- demonstrate pedagogical skills and knowledge for using informal and formal assessments and conducting consistent and comparable judgements of secondary students’ musical activities (GTSD 5.1.1, 5.3.1).
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
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Assessment 1 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Research Proposal. It is mandatory to pass this component in order to pass this unit. Relates to GTSD:1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.3.1 No. Words: 2000 (equivalent) |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Results and Research Map. It is mandatory to pass this component in order to pass this unit. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.3.1 No. Words: 2000 (equivalent) |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Music Education: Cultural Values, Social Change and Innovation
ISBN: 9780398077273
Walker, R., Charles C. Thomas 2007
Text refers to: Trimester 2 (Online)
The Oxford Handbook of music education, volume 1
ISBN: 9780199730810
McPherson, G., & Welch, G. (Eds.). , Oxford University Press 2012
Text refers to: All offerings
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